Weapons concerned are a shotgun and handgun…
Officers shot the suspected gunman, who is now hospitalized.
What we know
- Two people are dead and a sheriff deputy’s son is in custody after an active shooter was reported at Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee.
- The suspect is the 20-year-old son of a current sheriff’s deputy who had access to one of her weapons, according to Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil.
- At least six people are receiving treatment at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
- In a recent update, FSU informed students that the threat to the campus has been “neutralized” but the area around the campus is still considered an active crime scene.
- One FSU student who saw the shooter described him as a “normal college dude” who was wearing an orange T-shirt and khaki shorts. “I was walking and this guy pulls up in an orange Hummer,” the student said. “And he gets out with a rifle and shoots in my direction.”