Phoenix Ikner appears to be very anti-Trump and pro-Palestine.
This photo of Ikner attending a pro-Palestine protest is circulating on social media:
Florida State shooter Phoenix Ikner was extremely anti-Trump and pro Palestine.
"I think it’s a little too late, Trump is already going to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 and there’s not really much you can do unless you outright revolt" FSUNews pic.twitter.com/GkVa0GCn24
Phoenix Ikner, 20, was identified as the suspected killer, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil confirmed during a press conference hours after the shooting Thursday.
Ikner, an active FSU student, had access to his mother’s weapons and brought one of her pistols with him to campus, McNeil said.
Ikner is the son of a Leon County deputy, officials said at a news conference on Thursday. He is currently in the hospital.
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“Our deputy, Deputy Ikner, has been with the Leon County sheriff’s office for over 18 years…her service to this community has been exceptional,” Sheriff Walter A. McNeil said on Thursday. “Unfortunately, her son had access to one of her weapons and that was one of the weapons that was found at the scene.”
Officials are investigating how the weapon was used and what other weapons the suspect may have had access to, McNeil said.
The Leon County Medical Examiner’s office earlier declined to say whether any deaths had been reported as of Thursday afternoon, telling the Associated Press that the investigation was still ongoing.
Forrest Saunders, a Florida reporter for E.W. Scripps, posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the outlet’s office isn’t far from FSU’s campus and that he saw several law enforcement vehicles heading in the school’s direction after FSU sent out its first alert about an active shooter on campus.
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