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WATCH LIVE: Continuing coverage of active shooter situation at Florida State University

WATCH LIVE: Continuing coverage of active shooter situation at Florida State University

Yahoo17-04-2025

Action News Jax has continuing coverage of an active shooter situation on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee.
We have learned that the FBI Jacksonville and the Tallahassee Resident Agency are on scene, as well as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Click the link above to watch our continuing coverage, or watch the video below.
Reporter Jake Stofan is headed to Tallahassee to get the latest information.
ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION AT FSU
WATCH: Live video from the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee as police respond to an active shooter
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