Report: Alleged FSU school shooter jokes in chat hours before incident
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Flowers and remembrances are left below the Unconquered statue after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

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Phoenix Ikner was talking to fellow students.

Phoenix Ikner gave no indication that anything was wrong in a chat the night before he allegedly killed two people and wounded five at Florida State.

Indeed, as the Miami Herald reports, he was cracking jokes with what the paper calls “Christian college athletes.”

He joked about wanting to “sleep like a champ” after taking 20 MG of a substance and also about hits to the head.

The Herald noted also that various students described the suspect as “weird” and “off,” with a demonstrated antipathy for women and a diagnosis for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The AP reports Robert Morales, a university dining coordinator, and Tiru Chabba, an Aramark employee were killed in the shooting Thursday.

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2 comments

  • Fu too

    April 19, 2025 at 1:56 pm

    With all this inclusion..it sure seems excluded and a whole lot of up yours..

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  • Enraged

    April 19, 2025 at 1:56 pm

    Ikner was active in Turning Point USA…the quasi religious, young republican, campus racist org led by Charlie Kirk and praisedlocally by Owen Girard. Kirk recently trolled FSU giving an incel speech here on campus.

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