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(NewsNation) — A witnesser to Thursday’s shooting astatine Florida State University says she walked past the gunman arsenic helium began firing astatine radical with a shotgun earlier the fishy switched to a pistol and targeted victims randomly.
“And helium shoots the woman walking successful beforehand of him,” inferior McKenzie Heeter told “CUOMO” connected Thursday. “And that’s erstwhile I knew that determination was nary target. There was nary 1 specific. It was conscionable anybody helium could see.”
Two nonstudents died and six radical were taken to the infirmary successful the precocious greeting onslaught adjacent the pupil national building, which ended erstwhile constabulary swarmed the country and wounded the gunman. Police person identified the fishy arsenic 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, an FSU pupil and lad of a section deputy.
Heeter said she exited the pupil national with nutrient erstwhile she noticed an orangish Hummer parked nearby. As she walked by, she said, a antheral astatine the conveyance fired a shotgun astatine her and different radical but did not onslaught anyone.
“That’s erstwhile helium turns astir and goes successful the Hummer, and helium grabs his pistol,” Heeter said.
She said the pistillate whom the gunman subsequently changeable was an big wearing scrubs and astir apt was not a student.
At that point, Heeter said, she ran from the scene. As she encountered students walking toward the danger, she warned them to crook back.
“I conscionable was yelling astatine them, like, ‘Don’t spell that way. There’s an progressive shooter,’” Heeter said.
Other FSU students hunkered down
Other students astatine the Tallahassee field shared their ain unnerving experiences of sheltering successful spot arsenic connection of the shooting dispersed crossed campus.
Ryan Cedergren, a 21-year-old junior, said helium was astatine a bowling alley successful a little level of the pupil national erstwhile helium noticed crowds of radical moving past. He said helium ended up hiding down a pinsetter instrumentality earlier fast-responding constabulary escorted radical from the building.
“So overmuch recognition goes to Leon County Sheriff’s Office, Tallahassee police, FSU police. They were connected the country successful minutes,” Cedergren told “CUOMO.” “I’m truthful grateful for them.”
