More details emerge about Florida State University shooting suspect Phoenix Ikner as motive remains a mystery

More details are emerging Friday astir Florida State University shooting fishy Phoenix Ikner arsenic instrumentality enforcement are trying to portion unneurotic what motivated the 20-year-old pupil to allegedly unfastened occurrence astatine his school, sidesplitting 2 and wounding six. 

Ikner was changeable and wounded by responding officers Thursday day aft helium refused to comply with commands, according to Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell. Police also said his parent is simply a sheriff's lawman with the Leon County Sheriff's Office and that they judge Ikner changeable the victims utilizing his mother's erstwhile work handgun, which she had kept for idiosyncratic usage aft the unit upgraded to caller weapons. 

Months earlier the shooting, Ikner was quoted successful an FSU pupil paper nonfiction astir anti-Trump protests astatine the schoolhouse and was identified arsenic a governmental subject major, according to WFLA. 

"These radical are usually beauteous entertaining, usually not for bully reasons. I deliberation it’s a small excessively late, he’s [Trump] already going to beryllium inaugurated connected Jan. 20 and there’s not truly overmuch you tin bash unless you outright revolt, and I don’t deliberation anyone wants that," Ikner was quoted by the presumption arsenic saying. 

FSU SHOOTER IDENTIFIED, USED SHERIFF DEPUTY MOM’S WEAPON IN KILLING: POLICE 

Phoenix Ikner, 20, opened occurrence astatine Florida State University successful Tallahassee connected Thursday, constabulary said. (Phoenix Ikner/Instagram)

The nonfiction was aboriginal updated to accidental "An earlier mentation of this nonfiction included a punctuation from the gunman successful the April 17 shooting astatine FSU and was removed astatine the determination of our editors to support ethical journalistic standards and debar amplifying the dependable of an idiosyncratic liable for violence." 

Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil besides said Ikner "has been steeped successful the Leon County Sheriff’s Office family, engaged successful a fig of grooming programs that we have," according to The Associated Press. "So it’s not a astonishment to america that helium had entree to weapons."

Ikner was a long-standing subordinate of the sheriff’s office’s younker advisory council, helium continued. 

On its website, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said its Youth Advisory Council "provides Leon County’s young radical with an progressive relation successful addressing younker issues." 

"It is the undertaking of the YAC to counsel the Sheriff, scope retired to Leon County teens, pass them of existing opportunities, and perceive to suggestions connected what the Sheriff’s Office tin bash to amended its youth-oriented efforts," the website said, noting that the radical is tasked with identifying and discussing "issues younker are facing ... successful our county." 

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SHOOTING SUSPECT: WHO IS PHOENIX IKNER? 

A memorial for the victims of the Florida State University shooting was held connected April 17. (Pilar Arias for Fox News Digital)

Five radical who were wounded successful the wide shooting were struck by gunfire, portion a sixth was wounded portion trying to tally away, Revell said successful a connection Thursday night. They were each successful just condition, a spokesperson for Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said. 

As of Thursday night, Ikner was successful the infirmary with "serious but non-life-threatening injuries," according to Revell. 

Aidan Stickney, a 21-year-old studying concern management, told the AP helium was moving precocious to people connected Thursday erstwhile helium said helium saw a antheral get retired of a car with a shotgun and purpose astatine different antheral successful a achromatic polo shirt. 

The weapon jammed, Stickney said, and the shooter rushed backmost to his car and emerged with a handgun, opening occurrence connected a woman. Stickney ran, informing others arsenic helium called 911. 

"I got fortunate today. I truly did. I really, truly did," helium said. 

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Law enforcement officers worked astatine Florida State University pursuing the shooting connected Thursday, April 17. (Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS)

The suspect's mother, Jessica Ikner, has been an serviceman for implicit 18 years and authorities said she has done a "tremendous job" successful her position. 

"Her work to this assemblage has been exceptional," McNeil said astatine a property conference. "Unfortunately, her lad had entree to 1 of her weapons and that was 1 of the weapons that was recovered astatine the scene. And we are continuing that probe into however that limb was used." 

The 2 radical who were killed were not FSU students, according to authorities, who judge that the fishy acted alone. 

FSU has canceled each classes done Friday and said diversion events successful Tallahassee were canceled done the weekend. 

Evacuees ticker constabulary respond to the shooting astatine FSU. (Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS)

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University President Richard McCullough issued a connection connected X, calling Thursday’s shooting "a tragic and senseless enactment of violence." 

Fox News’ Rachel Wolf, Preston Mizell, David Spunt, Andrea Margolis, Ashley Papa, Pilar Arias and The Associated Press contributed to this report.