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Phoenix Ikner, 20, was booked into the Leon County Detention
Facility on two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts
of attempted first-degree murder, the Leon County Sheriff's
Office said in a statement. He was then transferred to a jail in
neighboring Wakulla County, which is standard procedure when an
inmate is related to a Leon County deputy.
Ikner, identified as the stepson of a sheriff’s deputy, arrived
on campus April 17 and stayed near a parking garage before he
walked in and out of buildings and green spaces while firing a
handgun just before lunchtime, police said.
In roughly four minutes, officers confronted Ikner, a political
science student at Florida State, and shot and wounded him,
Tallahassee police said.
Police believe Ikner used a former service weapon that belongs
to his stepmother, an 18-year veteran of the Leon County
Sheriff’s Office, officials said. In recent years, she has
worked as a middle school resource officer and was the
department’s employee of the month a year ago in March. After
the shooting she requested and was granted personal leave and
also reassigned from her post at the school.
Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting.
Online jail and court records didn't list an attorney for Ikner.
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