Two people were killed and at least five wounded in a shooting Thursday on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, officials said. A 20-year-old student was taken into custody, after being identified by police as the gunman. He's the son of a sheriff's deputy, the AP reports, and authorities said the deputy's service weapon was found at the site of the shooting. Five victims were being treated at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, said university Police Chief Jason Trumbower, as was the suspect.
The shooting appears to have taken place about noon in or near the school's student union, based on the hundreds of students seen rushing away from the building, per the AP. The school sent out a shelter-in-place warning. After hearing the gunshots, students and parents hid in a bowling alley and a freight elevator inside the student union. The suspect was shot by police after he "did not comply with commands," said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell. He added that the suspect apparently did not fire at officers, per CNN.
Witness accounts:
- Ryan Cedergren, 21, a communications student, said he hid in the bowling alley with about 30 other people in the student union's lower level after seeing students running from a nearby bar. "In that moment, it was survival," he said.
- "The first thing you think of is just, 'This can't be true,' right?" said Kai McGalla, a sophomore who spoke by phone while locked down at a campus testing center.
- Chris Pento told WCTV that he and his twin were getting lunch at the student union during a campus tour when they heard gunshots. They packed into a service elevator after encountering locked doors trying to get out. "That was probably the scariest point because we didn't know. It could get worse, right?" he said. "The doors opened and two officers were there, guns drawn."
- "I'm shaking," Emily Palmer, 21, told CNN when she was back in her student housing. "I'm concerned about my friends. I have friends in class right who are getting evacuated by police with their hands up."
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