Five people were hospitalized when the gunman -- identified as Phoenix Ikner -- rampaged through Florida State University, shooting at students, before he was shot and injured by local law enforcement.
Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil told reporters Ikner, 20, was a student at the university and the son of a an “exceptional” 18-year member of his staff.
He added that the suspect was part of Sheriff’s Office training programs, meaning “it’s not a surprise to us that he had access to weapons.”
Bystander footage aired by CNN appeared to show a young man walking on a lawn and shooting at people who were trying to get away.
“Everyone just started running out of the student union,“ a witness named Wayne told local news station WCTV.
The eyewitness said he saw one man who appeared to have been shot in the midsection.
“Everything was really quiet, than all chaotic.”
The two people who died were not students, police said, but refused to give further details.
FSU President Richard McCullough said the university was working to support those affected by the attack.
“We’re absolutely heartbroken by the violence that occurred on our campus earlier today.”
“Everyone started freaking out,“ Swartz said, adding he had heard around 10 shots.
“I remember learning to do the best you can to make them take time,“ Swartz said, adding that mass shooters are “just trying to get as many people” as they can.
Mass shootings are common in the United States, where a constitutional right to bear arms trumps demands for stricter rules.
President Donald Trump called the shooting “a shame, a horrible thing,“ but insisted that Americans should retain unfettered access to guns.
“These things are terrible, but the gun doesn’t do the shooting -- the people do.”
A tally by the non-profit Gun Violence Archive shows there have been at least 81 mass shootings -- which it defines as four or more people shot -- in the United States so far this year.
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