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(NewsNation) — The suspected gunman in Thursday’s shooting astatine Florida State University was removed from a governmental nine astatine his erstwhile assemblage owed to achromatic supremacist views, according to a pupil who said helium knew him.
Reid Seybold, a elder astatine FSU, said the suspect, identified by authorities arsenic 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, was a subordinate of a governmental radical nether Seybold's enactment astatine Tallahassee State College. He said Ikner was known for "espousing achromatic supremacist, alt-right rhetoric" to the grade that helium was asked to leave.
"It's my knowing that astatine immoderate point, helium was allowed backmost aft I came to Florida State, wherever helium continued to propulsion achromatic supremacist rhetoric. He's known for doing this," Seybold said. "This is thing new. This isn't thing that's overseas to Phoenix."
Seybold said helium ne'er thought Ikner would beryllium violent.
"There wasn't thing that would genuinely bespeak that helium would bash thing this heinous," helium said.
Before learning Ikner was the suspect, Sebyold said helium sheltered successful place with different students astatine FSU arsenic connection of the shooting dispersed crossed campus.
He said helium texted loved ones portion fearing for his life.
"I texted the extended household radical chat first, and past instantly my boyfriend, due to the fact that helium was conscionable disconnected field and helium was freaking out, and I wholly understand," Seybold said.
