- Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old Florida State University student, allegedly opened fire near the Student Union, killing two people—Robert Morales, an FSU employee and high school football coach, and Tiru Chabba, an Aramark vice president—and injuring six others, including five by gunfire and one while fleeing.
- Ikner, stepson of Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jessica Ikner, used his stepmother’s former service handgun in the attack. He was shot in the jaw by FSU police, hospitalized with serious injuries, and faces first-degree murder charges.
- Ikner used Nazi imagery in his online gaming profiles, including a drawing of Hitler saying “nein” as his XBOX Live profile photo and the emblem of the white supremacist group Patriot Front. Ikner’s use of Nazi language and symbols, such as referring to himself as “Schutzstaffel” (SS), the Nazi paramilitary group, and searching terms like “scientific racism” and “national confederate flag,” indicating an admiration for Nazi ideology. Read More
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