Police: Suspect In FSU Mass Shooting Is Son Of Sheriff’s Deputy

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Two individuals were killed and six were hospitalized after a mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida at Florida State University. Officers shot the suspected gunman, who is now hospitalized. Our experts join to react with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:05.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper,
0:07.0	and we begin with the breaking news
0:09.0	in our national lead and tragedy again on a campus,
0:13.0	this time a U.S. college campus.
0:15.0	Authorities just gave an update on the mass shooting earlier today
0:18.0	at Florida State University in Tallahassee,
0:20.0	the capital of Florida. Two individuals
0:22.5	were killed, six are hospitalized. The shooter is 20-year-old Phoenix Echner, Eichner, and he's a son
0:35.0	of a Leon County Sheriff Deputy.
0:45.2	Our deputy, Deputy Eigner, has been with the Leon County Sheriff's Office for over 18 years.
0:55.0	Unfortunately, her son had access to one of her weapons, and that was one of the weapons that's what's found at the scene. Officials not providing any information at this time about any of the victims.
1:01.0	They confirmed that the two killed were not students of Florida State.
1:06.0	The shooting was first reported at the Oglesby building, the student union on campus.
1:13.1	New cell phone video from FSU also appears to capture some of the frightening sounds when
1:18.6	shots were fired.
1:19.8	We're going to play that video, so brace yourselves or be prepared because of warning now.
1:25.6	What you're about to hear and see is disturbing.
1:30.3	Our experts are standing by here to react to the latest.
1:41.3	CNN law enforcement analyst John Miller and Andrew McCabe, join us now. John, let me start with you. We learned the suspect was the son of a member of the
1:49.0	Leon County Sheriff's Department and the son of a deputy. What else do we know about the shooter?
1:54.1	We know he is a political science major, that he is a student at FSU, that he is the son of a deputy
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