Two dead and five injured in shooting at Florida university

Two people have been killed and five others are injured after a shooting at a university in Florida, according to campus police.

One person is in custody in connection with the attack at Florida State University's (FSU) campus in Tallahassee, a spokesperson for the local police department said. The suspect, named by police as Phoenix Ikner, was said to be a current student at FSU and the 20-year-old son of a Leon County sheriff deputy.

The attacker, who was believed to have close ties to the local force, was in hospital after being shot by officers. In a news conference, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil said the gunman had access to his mother's weapons and she had been one of Mr McNeil's sheriffs.

One of her weapons was found at the scene, but it wasn't clear if it had been used. The injured are being treated in hospital and both of those who died were not university students.

Videos showed people running through traffic, fleeing the scene, around the time of the shooting at the student union. Local police and the FBI both responded to the incident and in a statement,Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said it was "actively receiving and caring for patients" from the incident.

Ambulances, fire trucks and police vehicles raced to the campus around midday local time (5pm UK time) on Thursday. As students streamed away from the area of the student union in their hundreds, some were visibly emotional and others were glued to their phones.

Dozens later gathered near the university's music school, waiting for news. 'In that moment, it was survival' Students told Sky's US partner network NBC News that the attacker drove to a road near the student union, before getting out of a vehicle with a rifle, and later going back for a pistol, just before midday.

Ryan Cedergren, 21, said he and 30 others hid in the bowling alley in the lower level of the student union after seeing others running from a nearby bar. "In that moment, it was survival," he said.

Another student, Daniella Streety, told NBC News of the chaos that unfolded at the scene. She remained on lockdown in a campus building and said: "I did see them carry out one student in what looked like on a stretcher and kept them in the road until an ambulance was able to pick them up." Joshua Sirmans, 20, was in the university's main library when he said alarms began going off warning of an active shooter.

Police escorted him and other students out of the library with their hands over their heads, he said. Read more from Sky News:'I took my husband to die in Switzerland'Four killed as cable car crashes in ItalyHeadteacher charged after partying with pupils President Donald Trump said he was fully briefed on the incident and described it as "a shame".

He added: "It's a horrible thing. Horrible that things like this take place." Florida governor Ron DeSantis, in a statement posted on X, said: "Our prayers are with our FSU family and state law enforcement is actively responding." It comes after four students were injured in a recent school shooting in Dallas..