Suspected FSU campus shooter indicted on murder charges for allegedly killing 2, injuring 6
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The 20-year-old man accused of killing two and injuring six others in an April 17 mass shooting on Florida State University’s campus has been indicted by a grand jury. 

Phoenix Ikner was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder charges and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, according to WTXL ABC 27

The members of the grand jury reportedly described the shooting as “our community’s worst nightmare.”

Officers at scene of FSU shooting

Law enforcement officers work at the Florida State University campus after a mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, on April 17, 2025. (Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS)

Further details about the mass shooting were released in the indictment, including information about an FSU police officer who drove directly toward the danger on his motorcycle. 

He appeared before Circuit Court Judge Monique Richardson in Leon County, Florida. The judge found Ikner to be indigent and appointed him a public defender, Randall Harper.

He is being held without bond in the Wakulla County Detention Facility, which is standard protocol because his stepmother is a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy. 

Florida State Shooter

Florida State University students wait for news amid an active shooter incident at the school’s campus in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

Tallahassee Chief of Police Lawrence Revell released a statement before Ikner’s first court appearance. 

“In any case, especially one of this magnitude, the Tallahassee Police Department has the highest commitment to justice, transparency and the safety of our community,” the statement said. “We are grateful for the work of our detectives, officers, medical personnel and partner agencies who helped bring us to this point.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Ikner’s attorney for comment.

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