How Florida State University plans to end school year following deadly shooting

The extremity of the schoolhouse twelvemonth volition look precise antithetic connected the field of Florida State University (FSU) pursuing Thursday's wide shooting that near 2 dormant and six wounded.

"Classes and field operations volition resume Monday, April 21," FSU President Richard McCullough said successful a video posted to X. "I cognize this volition not consciousness similar a emblematic week, it's the past 1 earlier finals, and galore of you are inactive processing what happened."

McCullough went connected to accidental the medication understands immoderate students whitethorn not beryllium acceptable to instrumentality to field and that "we volition beryllium flexible and find a mode to accommodate you."

Beginning Monday, the assemblage volition beryllium offering a "remote option" for galore courses, a consequent station by McCullough read. There are immoderate classes, however, that distant volition not enactment for, specified arsenic labs. 

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"Students: If you determine not to be classes this week, we understand," McCullough wrote. "The assemblage has waived each mandatory attendance policies that impact your grade."

Those who take not to be classes this week indispensable interaction their instructors "about however to implicit immoderate required coursework."

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A Leon County Sheriff's Office conveyance is seen astatine Florida State University pursuing the shooting connected Thursday successful Tallahassee. (Pilar Arias)

Those who consciousness similar they cannot implicit a people "will person the enactment to petition an incomplete grade."

McCullough provided telephone numbers to resources specified arsenic counseling and intelligence services, a unfortunate advocator program, and an worker assistance program. 

The field of Florida State University connected Friday, April 18, 2025. (Pilar Arias)

The latest connection from Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, the infirmary that treated six victims, said 1 diligent went location connected Friday and "five are inactive with us, each successful bully condition."

The alleged shooter, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, was hospitalized with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, constabulary say. He is simply a pupil astatine the assemblage and the stepson of a sheriff's deputy.

"We volition get done this by leaning connected each other. FSU is beardown due to the fact that of its radical – and I judge successful this assemblage with each my heart," McCullough wrote. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.