https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/new...state-university/4163130/?cardId=1:10:3594855 By Rebecca Cohen and Sophie Comeau | NBC News The current president of Tallahassee State College's political discourse club said the suspected shooter had been attending group meetings as recently as last semester, often sharing far-right views that made others uncomfortable. Riley Pusins said that at meetings, the suspect advocated for President Donald Trump's agenda and often promoted white supremacist values, even though the club was nonpartisan and was about debate and political discourse. Pusins said many people in the club had labeled the suspect a fascist. The 20-year-old suspect went to meetings almost every Thursday, Pusins said, and after the meetings, he often made more "inappropriate" comments. He would "go up to the line" in the meeting and then cross the line in comments made after the fact, Pusins said. https://www.threads.net/@thenewsjun...man-phoenix-iknerthis-bible-thumping-maga-mur
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/17/who-florida-shooter-suspect/83146360007/ The son of a Florida sheriff’s deputy suspected to be the gunman in an attack at Florida State University that killed two and injured six had a history of espousing radical conspiracy theories, according to people who knew him. Leon County Sheriff Walter A. McNeil identified the alleged gunman as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, a student at Florida State University whose mother is a veteran Leon County sheriff deputy. McNeil said Ikner used a gun that belonged to his mother. The suspected gunman opened fire near the university’s student union at approximately 11:50 a.m., striking multiple people and sending students fleeing for cover, said Florida State University Police Chief Jason Trumbower. Campus police responded immediately and "neutralized and apprehended" the suspect, Trumbower said. He was injured and was taken to a local hospital. News that Ikner was the suspected gunman horrified people who knew him, but they said they weren't shocked given things he had said publicly. “I got into arguments with him in class over how gross the things he said were,” Lucas Luzietti, a politics student who shared a class with Ikner, told USA TODAY. In 2023, the two took a course in federal politics, where they regularly clashed. According to the Florida native, Ikner touted right wing conspiracy theories and hateful ideas. Among them was a theory that President Joe Biden illegally came into office, “Rosa Parks was in the wrong” and Black people were ruining his neighborhood. “I remember thinking this man should not have access to firearms,” Luzietti told USA TODAY. But, “what are you supposed to do? His mother was a cop and Florida doesn’t have very strong red flag laws.” Red flag laws allow people concerned over someone in crisis to petition a court to remove their access to guns. Ikner made it clear to the class that he had guns, the Tallahassee State College student said. Few students, if any, were close to Ikner, although he spoke with the professor regularly after class, Luzietti told USA TODAY. “It's so sad and so shocking,” Luzietti said of the shooting. “Then to see that it was him — I’m sadly not surprised.”
I thought they’re happy that Trump won and have a trifecta in politics. It does remind me of the anger I saw here at ET by MAGA supporters in the first 30 days after the November election…they were angry as if they lost and trolling other ET members. They should be doing back flips and celebrating the destruction so far by the Trump administration. wrbtrader
Waiting for the mom to be arrested or fired for being so negligent with her gun to allow her son access to it. Hope the families sue her because owning a gun comes with certain responsibilities and she obviously is not qualified.
Doubt it will happen. Adam Lanza used his mother's firearms to gun down a lot of elementary school kids. Of course he was autistic as well.
Violence against innocents is the hallmark of insanity. When the world becomes insane it is no longer capable of self remedy. Insanity flows from the top down, corrupt gov't poisons all wells.
Also, it's the hallmark of America. Some would argue its a right in America because they would say if "other students" were armed too...they could have defended themselves and stopped the shooter before the police arrived. Yet, we have several outspoken ET members who reside in Florida after they said they moved from other cities/states that had high crime rates. Simply, violent crime is everywhere and it will eventually touch every American (e.g. relatives, friend, coworker, neighbor, family member). wrbtrader