At least one person died and another six were injured in a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee on Thursday, ABC News told ABC News.
A person is in a critical condition and five are in serious condition, according to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.
The number of injured is subject to changes, sources told ABC News, since the police are actively looking for to determine how many could be injured.
On this video screen, the students leave the area with their hands up after the reports of an active shooter near the union of students on the campus of the State University of Florida in Tallahassee, Florida, on April 17, 2025.
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A suspect is in custody, several sources told ABC News, and added that the search for possible additional shooters is ongoing.
The shooting took place near the student union, according to a FSU alert, which had advised students to continue protecting in their place due to the reports of an active shooter.
On this video screen, the first responders tend to the injured after the reports of an active shooter near the students’ union on the campus of the State University of Florida in Tallahassee, Florida, on April 17, 2025.
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People comfort each other on the Campus of the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where the police responded to an active shooter incident reported on April 17, 2025.
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The student Daniella Streety told ABC News that she was in the building on the other side of the Student Union Street when the alert sirens began to sound, and the people who were stopped outside came up with her building.
Then, the students fled the students union when the police flooded the scene, he said.
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Fred Guttenberg, whose 14 -year -old daughter Jaime, was killed in the shooting in the high school park in southern Florida in 2018, said some of Jaime’s classmates now attend FSU.
“Incredibly, some of them were only part of their shots in the second school and others were in the union of students today,” Guttenberg wrote, who has become a supporter of weapons reform, he wrote on social networks. “As a father, everything I always wanted after the shooting in the park was to help our children be safe. Unfortunately, due to the many people who refuse to do the right things to reduce armed violence, I am not surprised what happened today.”
On this video screen, the police are shown in the scene after the reports of an active shooter near the students’ union at the Campus of the Florida State University, on April 17, 2025.
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The Department of Application of Florida’s law said it is “actively involved in the incident.” The FBI is also helping the university authorities, said a spokesman for the ABC News agency.
President Donald Trump has been informed about the shooting, according to the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.
In this screenshot of a video, the officials responsible for enforcing the law are shown on the campus of the Florida State University after the reports of an active shooter, on April 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla.
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FSU said classes are canceled until Friday.
Leon County Public Schools have been placed “in the blockade as a caution,” according to the school district.
The secretary of the Department of National Security, Kristi Noem, said: “My heart is broken by students, their families and the faculty of Florida State University. There is no place in the American society of violence. Our entire nation is praying for the victims and their families.”
This is a development story. Consult the updates again.
Sony Salzman and Luke Baro de ABC News contributed to this report.
