At least one person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee on Thursday, several sources of application of the law in ABC News said.
One person is in critical condition and five are in serious condition, according to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.
The number of wounded is likely to change, sources said in ABC News, as the police are actively looking for to determine how much could be injured.
On this screen, a video, students leave the region with their hands after reporting an active shooter near the student union on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, Florida, April 17, 2025.
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A suspect is in police custody, ABC News told ABC News, adding that the search for possible additional shooters is underway.
The shooting took place near the student union, according to an FSU alert, which advised students to continue to shelter in place due to active shooting reports.
In this screenshot in a video, the first stakeholders took care of the wounded after reporting an active shooter near the student union on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, Florida, April 17, 2025.
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Student Daniella Streety told ABC News that she was in the building in front of the Student Union when alert sirens began to go up, and the people who stood outside have run in her building.
The students then fled the student union while the police flooded the premises, she said.
People comfort themselves on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, Florida, where the police responded to an active shooter reported on April 17, 2025.
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Fred Guttenberg, whose 14 -year -old daughter, Jaime, was killed during the Parkland High School shooting in southern Florida in 2018, said some of Jaime’s classmates now frequented FSU.
“Incredibly, some of them were only part of their second school shoot and some were in the student union today,” wrote Guttenberg, who became a supporter of the reform of firearms, on social networks. “As a father, everything I always wanted after the park shooting was to help our children be safe. Unfortunately, because of the many people who refuse to do good things to reduce armed violence, I am not surprised by what happened today.”
In this screenshot of a video, the police are shown on the scene after reporting an active shooter near the student union on the Florida State University campus on April 17, 2025.
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The Florida Ministry of Law Application said it was “actively engaged in the incident”. The FBI also helps the university authorities, a spokesman for the agency said in ABC News.
President Donald Trump was informed of the shooting, according to the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt.
In this screenshot from a video, law enforcement officials are presented on the Florida State University campus after information reporting an active shooter on April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Florida.
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FSU said that courses are canceled until Friday.
According to the school district, the public schools of the county of Leon were placed “on the lockout”, according to the school district.
The secretary of the Department of Internal Security, Kristi Noem, said: “My heart breaks for students, their families and the teachers of Florida State University. There is no room in American society for violence. All our nation prays for victims and their families.”
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Sony Salzman and Luke Barr from ABC News contributed to this report.
