TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A full night will be held in Tallahassee on Saturday night to remember the victims of a deadly mass shooting at FSU.
Two people were killed and six were injured.
Police said it was a five-minute issue that created the difference between peace and chaos when the shooters came to campus and fired fire on Thursday.
Six victims were taken to the Tallahassee Memorial and two people who were killed were identified. Both were fathers and food service workers.
Many students remember forever on April 17, 2025, when they saw their classmates running towards their lives during a mass shooting.
“I looked out the window and saw them running and falling,” the student said.
One of the people shot while trying to escape was Madison Askins. NBC News spoke to her about her traumatic experience.
“I heard more gunshots from him. I ran away and asked my friend. Unfortunately, I stumbled and fell, not always the most elegant person. So I stumbled and fell. My friend tried to help me, but I was shot, but I felt it pretty quickly,” she said. “He took off to the union and all I could think of at that moment was that I had to die and play.”
The two who were killed were identified as Til Chava and Robert Morales.
Chava was the father of two who lived in Greenville, South Carolina. He worked for a food vendor on campus.
Other victims, Morales, was a meal employee on campus. His family took him to social media and said he left his wife and daughter behind.
The suspect is identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Echner, the son-in-law of Leon County Sheriff’s deputy.
The sheriff said Ichner was part of their Youth Advisory Board and participated in law enforcement training exercises.
On Friday, Tallahassee Police released a timeline for the event.
Police said the suspect arrived at the FSU parking lot at 11:00am and left the garage at 11:51am, with the first shot fired at 11:56am
After that first shot, the 911 calls began to come in.
Police said they were involved with the suspect and shot him when he refused to place the weapon. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Doctors at the Tallahassee Memorial said they treated the victims in the shooting, and three of them needed surgery.
“The response was so fast that all injuries related to abdominal surgical procedures were able to treat facial surgery,” said Dr. Matthew M. Ramseyer.
It is expected that all six victims undergoing treatment will recover completely.
“I hope he will prosecute the law in full. Whatever it is, lawmakers chose to make it. Do I want to see him in 10 years? It’s definitely not.
Police said Ichner will face many charges, including two counts of murder and multiple attempted murders.
