FSU shooter is white supremacist

[Pototan]

Florida State University shooter Phoenix Ikner touted vile white supremacist views that raised serious concerns among his classmates — including that “Rosa Parks was in the wrong” and that black people were destroying his community.

Ikner, who allegedly killed two people and wounded six others when he opened fire on campus Thursday, horrified other students with his “gross” racial rhetoric.

https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/fsu-shooter-phoenix-ikner-allegedly-promoted-white-supremacist-views-spewed-racist-vitriol-against-black-people-report/

[FalloutShelter]

1. Shocker!

[2naSalit]

2. Imagine that.

[malaise]

6. King standing member!

https://www.leoncountyso.com/departments/youth-services/lcso-youth-advisory-council

[malaise]

3. What does that say about these folks?

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McNeil added that the 20-year-old suspect was also a "long-standing member" of the Leon County Sheriff's Office's Youth Advisory Council.

Pheonix had been "steeped in the Leon County Sheriff's Office family," McNeil said, adding, "It's not a surprise to us that he had access to weapons," he added.

https://abc7ny.com/post/fsu-shooting-phoenix-ikner-alleged-florida-state-university-gunman-is-son-local-sheriffs-deputy-police-say/16192709/

[Baitball Blogger]

5. It's Florida, so...

Hiding in plain sight because his views are not out of place with those he associates with.

[chicoescuela]

9. Right, no one suspected anything. Damn sad

[eppur_se_muova]

11. The FL panhandle is known as "Lower Alabama". "Lower" is metaphorical as well as literal.

A Southern sheriff's office is a haven for racists ? Color me shocked.

[malaise]

14. So who were/are his victims?

Were these hate crimes?

[eppur_se_muova]

16. I haven't seen yet. Remember, next of kin must be notified first. nt

[malaise]

17. True

Thanks

[Pacifist Patriot]

43. One of the fatalities was an employee of the university, Robert Morales.

Knowing the shooter's views, I strongly suspect hate crime motivation. Whether he went in indiscriminately shooting or choosing victims based on appearance, we have no idea yet.

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. Yes it is, but Tallahassee/Leon County is a blue dot in a sea of red.

His views were known back when he was a high school student and many in his orbit found him "creepy" and "disturbing."

Keep in mind that Tallahassee is very much a college town. It is home to Florida State University, Florida A&M, and Tallahassee State College.

No, it isn't shocking that a sheriff's deputy's kid would have white supremacist and pro-Trump views. But the area he group up in is way more left-leaning than right.

[eppur_se_muova]

48. Interesting. I tend to assume Southern college towns are more liberal than the areas farther from them, but ...

that is a pretty low bar. Many Southerners see their primary -- all too often -- only connection with universities as being affiliated with a football team, and an awesomely god-like coach. Ask them about their years spent in college and they'll describe pep rallies and championships won or lost. If you remember to ask them, they may mention what degree they sought there.

[ScratchCat]

58. Eh, that's a misnomer

50-year resident of Tallahassee here...

Its only "blue" because of a large African American population(33%) and the Universities/Medical centers. The two counties that bookend Leon are 50% plus AA as well. Outside that, this is just like any other "flyover" area of north Florida with Trump flags and yahoos. Rival college sports fans call us "Trailerhassee". The city just has an unusual demographic. Its not really "blue" like other areas in "blue states" may be.

[Pacifist Patriot]

64. How is it a misnomer to refer to Tally/Leon as a blue dot in a red area? That's precisely what they are.

https://www.leonvotes.gov/Portals/Leon/Documents/Data_Lists/2024/General/2024GE_ElectionSummaryReport.pdf?ver=g19RkVRfMkjwVRcqU6sEOg%3d%3d

The fact that it is because of the AA population and the universities doesn't matter. They break Democratic in an area otherwise solidly red.

[Tommy Carcetti]

61. Tallahassee/Leon though is pretty blue.

Being a college town.

Outside of Tallahassee and I believe one or two black majority counties, that's a fair assessment for most of the Panhandle.

[MagickMuffin]

50. The Enforcers are Groomers for White Nationalism

They groomed him good, they created this monster.

I hope he serves the rest of his miserable life behind bars and never released to walk the streets as a free man ever again.

[sop]

55. Steeped in racism.

This sort of hardcore racism begins in the home.

[atreides1]

4. Well

Children learn from their parents...

[Happy Hoosier]

7. And his mom was a cop in Floriduh. Check out. NT

[ZDU]

12. ...listen closely to them....

it's "Flaw-a-duh"
.

[Tommy Carcetti]

60. You can just say Florida.

It's okay.

[JI7]

8. Is this the guy who is the son of some law enforcement ?

[Pototan]

10. Yes

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. Yes. His mother is a Leon County sheriff's deputy.

[NCDem47]

13. Media will bury his idealogical views

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We would NEVER have heard the end of it if the shooter was anything but white (and likely straight and “Christian”)

[Cirsium]

46. Right

He'll be described as a "lone wolf" and "possibly mentally ill" with "no clear motive at this time."

"Authorities say that investigations are ongoing and that they will release details to the public once more is known."

[V850i]

15. Headline should be: FSU shooter is a Rightwing White Supremacist

We shouldn’t leave that affiliation to the imagination. Call it out every time!

[Cirsium]

47. Terrorist

Right wing white supremacist terrorist.

[gulliver]

19. Maybe he "identifies" as a white supremacist

I want the whole story. Was he on psychiatric meds? For how long? Were there red flags in the past? Did he go to public or private school? What was his upbringing like?

The trouble with the news is that it tends to give people the information they want, but they don't want good information.

[hadEnuf]

30. Who cares what his story is?

He's a White Supremacist, MAGA, Nazi asshole who murders innocent people in the name of his filthy social ideology.

That's all I need to know.

Zero questions and zero tolerance for these scumbags.

[gulliver]

40. You give him too much credit.

I don't see him only as the role he chose to play, possibly after he was warped or just plain broken by our dumb society. I want the context. Is this guy's brokenness the same as shooters of other supposed "ideologies?" Is there just one root "shooter" ideology that results in flags and manifestos?

[Cirsium]

49. The role he chose

Do you not see Trump "only as the role he chose to play?" Do you need to understand his background and why he is broken? Trump's political career is "the role he chose to play, possibly after he was warped or just plain broken."

White nationalism is a political movement, a social phenomenon. It encourages violence and hate crimes. Focusing on the individual actor obscures that fact and is misleading.

[hadEnuf]

67. No, I get what you mean but I just get so sick of these MAGA programmed killbots wreaking havoc

and then the right wing totally ignoring it or trying to blame someone else, like Democrats.

They are animals, period.

[UpInArms]

53. Some background here

https://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-florida-state-university-gunman-son-local-sheriffs/story?id=120915207

[gulliver]

66. Thanks, that's good information

And it's good to see ABC tracking it down and reporting it.

[BoRaGard]

20. republicons have much to answer for as they piss on the Ten Commandments

Thou Shalt Not Kill.

[Fil1957]

21. Maybe Trump will pardon him...

[IronLionZion]

22. Salvadoran prison for him?

or will he get the mental illness excuse? He has dual citizenship with Norway so we could revoke his US citizenship.

https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/fsu-shooter-phoenix-ikner-biological-mom-anne-mari-eriksen-kidnapped-him-amid-custody-battle/

[TheBlackAdder]

57. They'll make him a prison guard there.

[Ray Bruns]

23. "Rosa Parks was in the wrong"

Whaat the fuck?

[Pacifist Patriot]

24. He was a member of the Tallahassee State College (TSC) Political Discourse group. Texts were shared with me yesterday.

To be extremely clear, TSC-PD is NOT a right-wing organization. Far from it. This group is largely comprised of serious students of political science and international relations participating on a forum to discuss politics. I'm personally acquainted with one of the members.

They found him disturbing and immediately reported him as a white supremacist who openly espoused far-right views when introducing himself in classes. He has not been an active participant in their discussion lately, but most of the members were familiar with him, some having had classes with him.

I received information from my daughter yesterday who is friends with one of his high school classmates at Lincoln High in Tallahassee. He wore his extremist pro-Trump views on his sleeves (and apparently his head) in high school as well.

Leon county/Tallahassee is a relatively blue dot in a sea of red in Florida.

I really wish the media would lead with this. It absolutely is the motivating factor for his horrifying actions yesterday.

[malaise]

33. Very informative

Thanks

[Jacson6]

25. Apparently he has a serious mental illness. n/t

[angrychair]

38. that was made evident

When I heard he was a white supremacist. In my experience the two go hand in hand.
Often people that are misogynistic, xenophobic, bigoted or racist are also plagued with mental health issues.
The hate and anger these people bottle up in themselves is like building the foundation of your mental stability in loss sand.

[GoYouPackersGo]

26. Sounds like mainstream MAGA to me.

He sounds a lot like my in-laws, actually.

[SheltieLover]

27. Shocking

[sunflowerseed]

28. Pardon coming, soon as a deposit is made.

[AverageOldGuy]

29. No doubt . . .

AG Pam Bondi will appoint DOJ lawyers to defend him.

[Orrex]

31. No doubt a lone wolf acting alone with a history of mental illness, right?

Totally unconnected to the hateful, bigoted, and xenophobic bullshit that Trump and his vile ilk have been spewing nonstop for years.

[SheltieLover]

63. He is white, so he is a troubled young man

I call bs on this! Everyone has issues to deal with but only sociopaths kill people!

[dem4decades]

32. Will he need to finish his degree before Homeland Security hires him?

[Traildogbob]

34. The real

Terroristic Killer Gang residing in the U.S. all identified by their hat, no not a bulls hat, that is a real threat to every American is MAGA. Not Thirteen, not ISIS, not Taliban. It is trump, his cult and his Media. All of us are in the direct line of fire. And our justice system is in the gang. How many soldiers have died in other countries to keep terrorist out of here?
Now the gang leader was appointed as President.
All the weapons made are easy to get and allowed to be carried anywhere, especially in Floraduh, for this gang.
OK MAGA gun humpers, people kill, not guns. Well, go after the people that are saying out loud, they gonna kill.
Will he get Rittenhouse treatment, speaking ops at GQP events?
One Hat is a gang ID that is welcome in GQP.
Those trump head lapel pins, should be a one way ticket to El Salvador.
At the rate MAGA kills, Musk has gotta up his baby making to populate the world.

[orangecrush]

35. Kick

[young_at_heart]

36. Students traumatized, professor trumatized, country traumatized

It seems a lot of Americans really aren't traumatized at all by this incident because it has been "normalized"!

[Zambero]

37. The epitome of "Not Woke"

DeSantis once boasted that Florida was "A place where woke goes to die". And indeed, examples of this "astute" observation are very much in evidence.

[louis-t]

39. Not surprised at all.

maga!!!!

[Warpy]

42. Anotherr worthless punk with a gun

All he had going for him was a low amount of melanin in his skin.

He'll like prison, it will make him even paler.

Stupid jerk.

[tonekat]

44. Even the NYT is excluding the unpleasant facts

MSM is choosing to leave out those inconvenient details about his white supremacy.

[kimbutgar]

45. Yuck what an ugly incel looking guy

No wonder he did what he did between his traumatic childhood and probably being infused with right wing hate everyday growing up and being such a jerk no women would want to be with him why am I not surprised?

Sorry for the run on sentence!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. Who is surprised by this?

[malaise]

54. More here

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIlrQkEgI0y/

[Norrrm]

56. Looks kinda like the Enzyte guy, only more phony.

[malaise]

59. This has finally made cable news

Phew

[malaise]

62. He changed his name

From Erickson (mother’s surname) to Phoenix Ikner(father’s surname).
Report said the Phoenix part was about rising from the ashes of childhood trauma.
So you know what’s coming - lone wolf, childhood trauma, not white supremacist.

[RJ-MacReady]

65. Another violent right winger

We need to paint this guy as the typical MAGAt supporter. Completely pin this on MAGAt ideology.