Friday 18/April/2025 – 03:13 AM
The American authorities announced that a gunman opened fire on the campus of Florida State University on Thursday afternoon, killing two people and wounding four others before the police intervened and shot the attacker and arrested him.
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In turn, the university police chief Jason Trumparator explained during a press conference that the two dead do not belong to the students, while the shooter is believed to be a student in the educational institution.
The shooting began approximately 11:50 am local time (15:50 GMT), where five people, including the suspect, were injured, and they were all taken to the hospital as a result of gunshots.
Initial reports of the accident in the Student Union building inside the main campus in the city of Talhaasi, which prompted the university administration to demand students and faculty members to adhere to their places pending the security forces responded.
Reuters reported: The authorities said that the son of a police chief killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University on Thursday before the officers shot him and transferred to the hospital.
The police believe that the gunman – the son of the Lyon Provincial Police Commander – acted alone, and his motives were not known, and the suspect had obtained his mother’s pistol, whose military weapon was previously. Police said they bought it from the police station, and it is now a personal firearm.
