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Toronto Sun
13-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
Man accused in Florida State shooting out of hospital, booked on murder charges
Published May 13, 2025 • 1 minute read Florida State University students wait for news amid an active shooter incident at the school's campus in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, April 17, 2025. Photo by Kate Payne / AP Photo TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding six others during a shooting last month at Florida State University was discharged from a Tallahassee hospital on Monday and charged with murder, authorities said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Phoenix Ikner, 20, was booked into the Leon County Detention Facility on two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder, the Leon County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. He was then transferred to a jail in neighboring Wakulla County, which is standard procedure when an inmate is related to a Leon County deputy. Ikner, identified as the stepson of a sheriff's deputy, arrived on campus April 17 and stayed near a parking garage before he walked in and out of buildings and green spaces while firing a handgun just before lunchtime, police said. In roughly four minutes, officers confronted Ikner, a political science student at Florida State, and shot and wounded him, Tallahassee police said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Police believe Ikner used a former service weapon that belongs to his stepmother, an 18-year veteran of the Leon County Sheriff's Office, officials said. In recent years, she has worked as a middle school resource officer and was the department's employee of the month a year ago in March. After the shooting she requested and was granted personal leave and also reassigned from her post at the school. Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting. Online jail and court records Monday didn't list an attorney for Ikner. Multiple attempts to reach his family after the shooting went unanswered. Toronto Maple Leafs Editorials Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Relationships
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Florida State cancels all on-campus sports events through the weekend after on-campus shooting
Dozens of patrol vehicles, including a forensics van, are stationed outside of Florida State University's student union building, the scene of a shooting, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) Dozens of patrol vehicles, including a forensics van, are stationed outside of Florida State University's student union building, the scene of a shooting, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) Dozens of patrol vehicles, including a forensics van, are stationed outside of Florida State University's student union building, the scene of a shooting, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) Dozens of patrol vehicles, including a forensics van, are stationed outside of Florida State University's student union building, the scene of a shooting, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State has canceled all home athletic events, including its final spring football practices and a baseball series against Virginia, through the weekend after an on-campus shooting Thursday left two dead and at least six others injured. The two people who died were not students at the university, but the shooter is believed to be a student, Florida State University Police Chief Jason Trumbower. He was the son of a sheriff's deputy whose former service weapon was used in the shooting. Advertisement The school sent out an alert around noon ET about an active shooter near the student union and urged those still on campus to shelter in place. Classes were canceled through Friday, and all athletic events were canceled through Sunday. Along with football and baseball, that includes a softball series scheduled against Georgia Tech. The Seminoles' women's golf team is playing in the ACC Tournament in North Carolina, its women's track team is at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville, and the men's tennis team played Thursday night in Louisville as schedule. ___ AP Sports:
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Another Florida university picks a former Republican lawmaker as its next president
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Atlantic University on Monday picked a former Republican lawmaker as its leader in what is the latest example of a public university in the state picking someone with a political background for such high-paying posts over experienced academic leaders. The board of trustees of the university in Boca Raton picked Adam Hasner to be the school's next president, following a lengthy and controversial search process that resulted in FAU tossing out its initial slate of finalists. The announcement comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis works to expand his influence on education in the state. State officials called off the school's previous presidential search after a Republican state senator then-aligned with DeSantis was not named as a finalist. After FAU relaunched the search, Hasner, a former Republican majority leader in the Florida House, emerged as a finalist. Now a vice president at Florida-based private prison company GEO Group, Hasner beat out two academics for the role: a dean at Florida State University and the provost of the University of Maine. Hasner argued his experience representing Palm Beach County in the Capitol gives him an edge over the university administrators vying for the job, saying a president's top responsibility is to be their school's 'top lobbyist.' 'If you're coming from the outside and you're trying to get to know the Florida legislative process or the regulatory process in Florida, it's going to take somebody years to be able to do that,' Hasner said. 'I can hit the ground running on Day One.' Hasner's appointment came over the concerns of some students and faculty members who questioned his political background, his lack of experience in higher education and his work for GEO Group, which stands to profit from President Donald Trump's push for mass deportations. FAU, which serves more than 31,000 students, has been without a permanent president for more than two years, after then-president John Kelly stepped down in December of 2022. Hasner's pick comes just days after Florida International University in Miami announced it's tapping Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez — DeSantis' second-in-command — to be that school's interim president, without conducting a public search. ___ Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Kate Payne, The Associated Press
