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| Two dead in shooting at Florida State University | |
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| One of the victims taken to hospital is in a critical condition, according to the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare facility | One of the victims taken to hospital is in a critical condition, according to the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare facility |
| Two people are dead and six others are in hospital after a shooting on Thursday at Florida State University in Tallahassee. | |
| The deceased were not students, police said. | |
| Leon County Sheriff Walter McNeil said the alleged shooter is a 20-year-old man. Mr McNeil said he is the son of an officer with the force and one of the guns found at the scene belonged to the officer. | |
| President Donald Trump said he had been briefed on the incident at the start of a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House, calling it "a shame, a horrible thing". | President Donald Trump said he had been briefed on the incident at the start of a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House, calling it "a shame, a horrible thing". |
| Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said: "Our prayers are with our FSU family and state law enforcement is actively responding." | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said: "Our prayers are with our FSU family and state law enforcement is actively responding." |
| The university has cancelled all classes until at least Friday, and sports events were also cancelled for the weekend. | The university has cancelled all classes until at least Friday, and sports events were also cancelled for the weekend. |
| Police responded to an active shooter call at around midday local time, the university said. | Police responded to an active shooter call at around midday local time, the university said. |
| An alert was issued soon after warning students and those on campus to "seek shelter and await further instructions". | |
| "One of my classmates got an alert on her phone and announced it to the rest of the class," student Ava Arenado told CBS News Miami. | "One of my classmates got an alert on her phone and announced it to the rest of the class," student Ava Arenado told CBS News Miami. |
| Another student, Blake Leonard, told CBS that he initially heard about 12 shots fired. | Another student, Blake Leonard, told CBS that he initially heard about 12 shots fired. |
| "In my head I thought it was construction at first, until I looked behind me and saw people running from the union towards my direction, and then I heard another 12 or 15 shots go off, so I started running away from there too," he said. | "In my head I thought it was construction at first, until I looked behind me and saw people running from the union towards my direction, and then I heard another 12 or 15 shots go off, so I started running away from there too," he said. |
| This is not the first shooting at Florida State University in recent years. In 2015, a graduate of the school shot and injured three people at the library before he was fatally shot by police. | This is not the first shooting at Florida State University in recent years. In 2015, a graduate of the school shot and injured three people at the library before he was fatally shot by police. |