On Thursday, many people are admitted to the hospital after injuries after the information of an active shooter at the Florida State University Campus in Talhasi.
CBS News Miami said that a suspected detained after being shot in the exchange of bullets with the police.
The FSU said that the police responded to an active shooter call from the field of the student union around 12:01 pm. The school warned people who are “looking for shelter and waiting for further instructions.” The university warned students to stay away from all doors and windows and stay away.
There are six people Be considered At the Talhasi Memorial Healthcare Hospital, a hospital spokesperson confirmed CBS News Miami. The hospital said that one is in critical condition and others are in critical condition.
Talhasi Memorial Healthcare said in a statement, “We live in close coordination with emergency respondents and public safety officials.
AVA Arenado, a FSU student who was in class when he was out of university alert, described a terrible scene.
“One of my classmates received an alert on his phone and announced in the rest of the class,” Aranado Told CBS News Miami“My teacher immediately started stopping the door … and then another student said that she would go home, so we all settled for our cars.”
FSU student Black Leonard told CBS News Miami that he narrated a total of 30 shots. Leonard said he was about 400 feet from the student union when he heard the bullets and started running.
He said, “I have heard about 12 shots. In my head I felt that it is construction at first, until I saw me and saw people running from the union towards my direction, and then I heard another 12 or 15 shots, so I started running away from there,” he said.
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Florida village Ron Desantis said the state law was responding to enforcement shooting. “Our prayers are with our FSU family,” desntis tweeted.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a statement that it is “actively engaged in the incident in the FSU premises, and we will update the public with more information as soon as possible.”
The FBI said that Jacksonville and Talhasi resident agencies are on the spot and are assisting local law enforcement partners. ATF Tampa also said that he was on the spot and assisting local police enforcement.
White House press secretary Karolin Levitt said that President Trump has been informed on shooting and the White House is actively monitoring the situation. Mr. Trump made a brief comment about it on Thursday afternoon.
“It’s ashamed. It’s a terrible thing. A terrible thing. Such things happen. And we will be more to say about it later,” said Mr. Trump.
The university advised the students to continue shelter in places and classes and all events were canceled for the remaining day.
Thursday’s incident was not the first time that was shot in school. Three people were shot in the university library in 2014Prior to the gunman, an alumnus was shot by the police.
According to Gun Violence Archive, in 2025 so far, the US has taken 80 collective firing in Florida State University, including the most recent incident. This is more than five incidents per week. In all of 2024, there were 502 incidents, slightly less than 10 incidents per week.
Gun violence collection defines a collective shoots as an event where four or more people are shot or killed, including the shooter.
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