At least one person is dead and six others were injured in a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee on Thursday, multiple law enforcement officials tell ABC News.
One person is in critical condition and five are in serious condition, according to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
The number of injured is subject to change, sources told ABC News, as law enforcement is actively searching to determine how many might be injured.
In this screen grab from a video, students leave the area with their hands up on Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, Fla., on April 17, 2025.
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The university said “law enforcement has neutralized the threat.” Multiple sources told ABC News that a suspect is in custody and the search for possible additional shooters is ongoing.
The shooting took place near the Student Union, according to an FSU Alert, which had advised students to shelter in place.
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Student Daniella Streety told ABC News she was in the building across the street from the Student Union when alert sirens started blaring, and people who were standing outside ran into her building.
Students then fled from the Student Union as law enforcement flooded the scene, she said.
Florida State University students wait for news amid an active shooter incident at the school’s campus in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, April 17, 2025
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Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was killed in the Parkland high school shooting in South Florida in 2018, said some of Jaime’s classmates now attend FSU.
“Incredibly, some of them were just a part of their 2nd school shooting and some were in the student union today,” Guttenberg, who has become a gun reform supporter, wrote on social media. “As a father, all I ever wanted after the Parkland shooting was to help our children be safe. Sadly, because of the many people who refuse to do the right things about reducing gun violence, I am not surprised by what happened today.”
An active shooter has been reported at Florida State University in Tallahassee, according to an FSU Alert.
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President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, “My heart breaks for the students, their families, and faculty at Florida State University. There is no place in American society for violence. Our entire nation is praying for the victims and their families.”
FSU said classes are canceled through Friday.
Leon County public schools were placed “on lockout as a precaution,” according to the school district.
People comfort each other on Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee, where law enforcement responded to a reported active shooter incident Thursday, April 17, 2025.
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So far in 2025, there have been 81 mass shootings as of April 17, including this latest one in Florida.
This is Florida’s 6th mass shooting so far this year.
The Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as one with four or more people injured or killed – not including the perpetrator – counted 503 mass shootings in 2024, 659 mass shootings in 2023, 644 in 2022 and 689 in 2021.
This time last year, there were 117 shootings.
ABC News’ Sony Salzman and Luke Barr contributed to this report.
ABC News’ Luke Barr contributed to this report.
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