Suspected FSU campus shooter indicted on murder charges for allegedly killing 2, injuring 6
The -year-old man accused of killing two and injuring six others in an April mass shooting on Florida State University's campus has been indicted by a grand jury Phoenix Ikner was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder charges and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm according to WTXL ABC The members of the grand jury reportedly described the shooting as our community's worst nightmare Further details about the mass shooting were issued in the indictment including information about an FSU police officer who drove directly toward the danger on his motorcycle FSU SHOOTING SHERIFF S OFFICE SPEAKS ON SUSPECT S PAST DEPUTY STEPMOTHERThat officer was identified as Cody Poppell and the indictment reportedly revealed that he confronted Ikner amid the shooting and fired several shots at him including one that struck him in the face The grand jury also declared that Ikner used a shotgun and caliber pistol stolen from his parents' home to terrorize the college campus The deceased casualties have been identified as Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba Chabba's family reportedly issued a report through their attorney following the indictment Our hope is that through the thorough and transparent probe and prosecution of the events surrounding last month s shooting in current times s court appearance will mark the first initiatives toward closure for a family that suffered so much the declaration disclosed Ikner spent weeks in the hospital recovering from a jaw injury following the shooting and had his first court appearance online upon his release earlier this week FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ALLEGED MASS SHOOTER APPEARS IN MUGSHOT WITH DISFIGURED FACE AFTER HOSPITAL RELEASEHe appeared before Circuit Court Judge Monique Richardson in Leon County Florida The judge identified Ikner to be indigent and appointed him a inhabitants defender Randall Harper He is being held without bond in the Wakulla County Detention Facility which is standard protocol because his stepmother is a Leon County Sheriff's deputy Tallahassee Chief of Police Lawrence Revell circulated a announcement before Ikner's first court appearance In any affair especially one of this magnitude the Tallahassee Police Department has the highest commitment to justice transparency and the safety of our region the comment mentioned We are grateful for the work of our detectives officers diagnostic personnel and partner agencies who helped bring us to this point Fox News Digital reached out to Ikner's attorney for comment
