President Donald Trump Addresses Deadly FSU Shooting – His Message Ignites a Public Stir
President Trump Responds to FSU Campus Shooting
After a tragic shooting at Florida State University on April 17, 2025, that left two dead and six injured, President Donald Trump issued a brief statement, calling the event “horrible” and “a shame.” The suspect, 20-year-old student Phoenix Ikner, used a handgun legally owned by his mother. He was shot by police and taken into custody.
Ikner, the son of a local sheriff’s deputy, was involved in law enforcement youth programs, making his access to weapons unsurprising, officials said. The attack caused a full campus lockdown, with students barricading classrooms and hiding in fear. FSU President McCullough called the event a “senseless act of violence.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis offered condolences and praised law enforcement for stopping the attacker quickly. Trump, when asked about gun laws, defended the Second Amendment, saying, “The gun doesn’t do the shooting, the people do.”
