FSU MASS SHOOTING UPDATE: The active shooter situation at Florida State University has left at least four victims hospitalized following reports of over 30 shots fired at the Student Union. Local media sources indicate multiple casualties, with footage showing several seriously… https://t.co/PWc8ubBTiQ pic.twitter.com/KpBE86T9l0
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🚨 GRAPHIC WARNING: Footage shows law enforcement responding to victims of the FSU active shooter.
Sources say three students are believed to have been shot. pic.twitter.com/JIq3stOjs7
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Police respond to active shooter on FSU campus near the Student Union as university issues shelter-in-place order.
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Active shooter reported in the area of Student Union at Florida State University (FSU). At least 4 victims at nearby hospital, witness reports seeing someone exit student union with handgunhttps://t.co/GDJkxOUezv pic.twitter.com/O6WoEmiakn
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Current footage shows the inside of a Florida State University classroom during the active shooter situation. Voices can be heard pleading to be let in. Reports indicate this may involve a team of active shooters, with at least one individual already detained. pic.twitter.com/T7fROifx9C
— Network Axis Group (@NetAxisGroup) April 17, 2025
Update on the active shooter situation at the Florida State University Student Union; footage shows a possible shooter being detained. https://t.co/7JcvQGCrdS
— Breaking News (@TheNewsTrending) April 17, 2025
Another American campus turned into a crime scene. Another midday turned into blood and sirens. Florida State University went into lockdown on April seventeenth after gunfire erupted near the Student Union. Four confirmed wounded. One suspect in custody. An entire campus in trauma.
This is not just a Florida story. It is not just a college headline. This is the American loop, and it keeps repeating. One shooting blurs into the next, and every time the script feels familiar. Emergency alerts. Helicopters overhead. Tweets begging for updates. Parents dialing cell phones in desperation. And then the silence. The disbelief. The flags at half-staff.
Florida State was supposed to play baseball against Virginia that night. Instead, they canceled everything. They canceled class. Canceled sports. Canceled normal life. The kids who had been laughing in the courtyard now huddle inside dorm rooms, lights off, hearts pounding. Some will not sleep tonight. Some may never walk by the Student Union again without checking over their shoulder.
Tallahassee Memorial received the victims. Their conditions remain undisclosed, but the emotional toll is visible everywhere. Grief counselors are being summoned like firemen. Campus leaders talk about healing, but the wounds are still fresh and raw. This was the third mass shooting on campus in ten years. Think about that. The third. On a campus where students go to dream and build their futures.
Federal agents are now on the ground. The FBI is digging. The Department of Justice is involved. Governor DeSantis confirmed state authorities are fully engaged. But for all the law enforcement presence and procedural certainty, one truth remains: there is no preemption for this level of madness.
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/florida-state-university-active-shooter-rcna201756
https://people.com/active-shooter-reported-at-fsu-11717267
https://apnews.com/article/bf66a24ea91959697c7138089b2ef6fb
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fsu-shooting-today-florida-active-shooter-3fxtmskpx
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/fsu-campus-shooting-florida-00296490