Florida State cancels home sporting events after on-campus shooting
Scene at Florida State University where an active shooter has been reported. Florida State University canceled all home athletic events through Sunday following a shooting Thursday on the Tallahassee campus that killed two people and injured at least six others, according to media reports.
The gunman was shot and is hospitalized, per reports. The gunman was identified by Tallahassee police as Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old whom investigators believe is a Florida State student.
Florida State said that police responded to an active shooter call from the student union area around noon ET.
Six people are in fair condition, according to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
"We experienced a tragic and senseless act of violence at the heart of our campus," Florida State president Richard McCullough said in a statement. "There will be more updates in the days ahead, and more time to reflect and heal. But now, we mourn together. We lean on one another. And we remember who we are. We are Florida State. We are family. And we stand together."
FSU classes and business operations on the main campus are canceled through Friday.
The Seminoles' baseball team was scheduled to host Virginia for games Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The FSU softball team's games Friday through Sunday against visiting Georgia Tech also were canceled. The football team's last two practices of the spring also were this week and have been canceled.
The FSU men's tennis team defeated Louisville 4-3 on Thursday night at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Cary, N.C.
--Field Level Media
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