FSU shooting timeline: Grand jury releases more details of April mass shooting
A Leon County grand jury on Wednesday, May 14, indicted Florida State University student Phoenix Ikner on two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder, which includes two people he allegedly fired at but missed during the mass shooting on the Tallahassee campus on April 17.
Based on previous reports and the new details revealed in the grand jury's true bill presentment on the day's tragic events, here's what officials say happened:
11:07 a.m.- According to Tallahassee police, the suspect, later identified as Ikner , arrives at a parking garage in an orange Hummer registered to Christopher Ikner, Phoenix's father, and waits for nearly an hour.
11:57:00 a.m.- Suspect parks on a service drive north of Moore Auditorium and east of the Student Union. Suspect steps out with a 12-gauge shotgun and attempts to shoot a student, but the weapon fails to operate. The suspect p[ut the shotgun back in the vehicle and retrieved a .45 pistol he stole from his father's bedside, which had been previously identified as his step-mother's former service weapon from her position as a Leon County deputy.
11:57:22 a.m.- The face of the suspect can be seen as he runs past a surveillance camera at the Student Union, holding a firearm.
11:57:24 a.m. - People start running as the suspect begins shooting. Two people are struck. The suspect can be seen running through the grass towards the Student Union.
11:58 a.m.- The Tallahassee Leon Consolidated Dispatch Agency receives multiple calls about an active shooter.
11:58:22 a.m. - Suspect enters the Student Union via the east main entrance and runs across to the west main entrance.
11:58:36 a.m. - Suspect exits west main entrance doors while shooting at multiple people. The suspect was seen chasing Tiru Chabba , 45, an employee of FSU vendor Aramark from Greenville, South Carolina, and shooting him.
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11:58:43 a.m. - Suspect runs left out of the west entrance, comes back to Chabba and shoots him again, twice, on the ground.
11:58:54 a.m. - Suspect runs toward the food court and then right towards the bookstore entrance, shoots two more people.
11:58:54-11:59:09 a.m. - Suspect runs after a group of people outside of the bookstore and fires. One person was hit and continues running toward the Integration Statue. The suspect comes back by the bookstore doors, shooting at another person.
11:59:30 a.m. - Suspect reenters the Student Union via the west main entrance, runs towards the Food Court.
11:59:42 a.m. - Suspect runs up behind and shoots Robert Morales , 57, a university dining coordinator, in the back in front of Pollo Tropical and Brooklyn Pizza. The suspect is seen on surveillance video chasing a student and shooting at her in the food court.
11:59:54 a.m.-12:00:05 p.m. - Suspect chases a student through the Food Court and shoots at her out through the double doors in front of Panda Express.
Around 12 p.m.- Sirens begin blaring out in downtown Tallahassee as campus law enforcement officers and other first responders from multiple agencies descend on campus.
12:00:14 PM - Suspect chases persons south on the east side of the Student Union through the bushes.
12:00:27 p.m. - FSU Officer Cody Poppell drives toward gunfire and, while still straddling his running motorcycle, shoots several times at the suspect as the suspect was shooting at another potential victim. Other officers surrounded the suspect. Poppell strikes the suspect once in the face. The suspect falls between the Moore Auditorium and the Student Union. A Glock 21 with a Sheriff's star and "Leon County Sheriff's Office" on the side of the slide was recovered at the scene along with live shotgun rounds.
12:01 p.m. –FSU sends a text alert to students, faculty, and staff informing them of a "dangerous situation" on campus. Law enforcement begins clearing rooms, checking for multiple shooters.
12:39 p.m. –FSU tells students in another emergency alert to "continue to shelter in place. Police have responded to an active shooter call at the Student Union."
1:43 p.m. –Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about the shooting in a post on X.
1:48 p.m. –USA TODAY reports that President Donald Trump had been "fully briefed" on the shooting.
3:18 p.m. –After law enforcement kicks in more than 300 locked doors to clear buildings and evacuate students, FSU sends out an alert saying that the threat to campus was over.
4:30 p.m. –Law enforcement officials announce at a news conference that two people were killed and six others injured in the shooting.
4:56 p.m. –Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare announces it is treating six people who were injured in the shooting. All were listed in fair condition by the end of the day.
Ikner was released from Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare on May 12 after being treated for a gunshot to the jaw . He is currently being held at the Wakulla County Detention Facility.
(This story was updated to add new information.)
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