A shooting at Florida State University results in two deaths and at least six injuries, highlighting the ongoing gun violence crisis in the U.S. This incident marks the 81st mass shooting in 2025, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive, and occurs just days after a separate shooting injured four students at a Dallas high school. Authorities identify 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, the alleged shooter, who reportedly used a handgun belonging to his stepmother, a sheriff’s deputy.
As the number of mass shootings rises, with 81 lives lost and over 350 people injured this year alone, advocates for gun violence prevention express deep concern. The FSU shooting is one of multiple recent tragedies in Florida, a state that has seen six mass shootings so far in 2025. This latest event also underscores the alarming trend of school shootings, marking at least the 27th school shooting nationwide this year.
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