Florida State University shooting and gun control
Thursday's deadly mass shooting at Florida State University has renewed cries for gun control in the state.
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Thursday's deadly mass shooting at Florida State University has renewed cries for gun control in the state.
Thursday's deadly mass shooting at Florida State University has renewed cries for gun control in the state.
Students and staff at Florida State University came together for a peaceful vigil to remember the victims of a shooting and to exalt their strong sense of community.
The president of Florida State University announced that classes are to resume "normally" on Monday. This is three days after a mass shooting happened on campus.
The university-organized vigil began at around 5 p.m. local time in front of the Unconquered Statue, a symbol of strength and unity at FSU.
For them, the tragedy is not just another headline, it's a chilling echo of the day seven years ago when a gunman killed 17 students and staff in Parkland, Florida.
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The gunman, believed to be a 20-year-old student, was shot by police on campus, taken into custody, and transported to the hospital as well, police said.
An FSU student said the experience mirrored another terrifying moment in his life when he was in sixth grade and had to shelter in place during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The growing memorial outside the Student Union stood as a fragile symbol of solidarity on a campus still reeling from tragedy.
The university had scheduled a vigil at 5 p.m. Friday at Langford Green on the FSU campus.
Law enforcement said the suspected shooter is the 20-year-old son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy and a student at FSU.
The FSU shooting suspect, identified by police as Phoenix Ikner, was at the center of a custody battle between his birth parents, CBS News has learned.
Stephanie Horowitz said she knew what was happening on Florida State's campus before the shooting was confirmed Thursday because she is a survivor of the 2018 shooting in Parkland.
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CBS News Miami reports a suspect is in custody after being shot in an exchange of gunfire with police. Several people were hospitalized.
Florida legislature has been considering the removal of a gun control law passed after the 2018 massacre in Parkland in which 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
In a video statement, DeSantis said he and his wife, Casey, were mourning the victims and praying for the FSU community.
The president said the FSU shooting was "terrible" and a "shame," but suggested new gun laws are unlikely, calling himself a "big advocate of the Second Amendment."
FSU officials canceled all classes and business operations on the main Tallahassee campus through Friday.
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