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Florida State cancels all athletic events, classes after mass shooting on campus

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Florida State University canceled all athletic events through the end of the weekend on Thursday after a mass shooting took place on campus on Thursday, the school announced.

Two people were killed and six others were injured when a student allegedly opened fire near the student union building on campus around noon on Thursday. The two people who were killed were not students at the university, though they have yet to be identified.

The 20-year-old suspect, Phoenix Ikner, is the son of a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy, according to the New York Times. Ikner allegedly had access to his parent’s weapons, too.