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No bond for the alleged Florida State University gunman

FSU students were evacuated to the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center shortly after the mass shooting on April 17, 2025
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FSU students were evacuated to the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center shortly after the mass shooting on April 17, 2025

Twenty-year-old Phoenix Ikner will stay behind bars as he awaits trial for his alleged role in the FSU mass shooting.

He made his first court appearance today via Zoom before Leon County Judge Monique Richardson.

"Your Honor, the state would ask that he be held without bond with special condition of no contact with any victims, victims' families, or any other witnesses," said State Attorney Jack Campbell, speaking in the courtroom.

READ MORE: The alleged Florida State University gunman has been released from the hospital

The judge granted Campbell's request. Many of the victims and their families were watching via Zoom.

Ikner is charged with two counts of First Degree Murder and seven counts of Attempted First Degree Murder. He was appointed a public defender.

Ikner was released from the hospital Monday where he's been treated since he was shot by FSU police officers near the student union on April 17.
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Gina Jordanis the host of Morning Edition for WFSU News. Gina is a Tallahassee native and graduate of Florida State University. She spent 15 years working in news/talk and country radio in Orlando before becoming a reporter and All Things Considered host for WFSU in 2008. She left after a few years to spend more time with her son, working part-time as the capital reporter/producer for WLRN Public Media in Miami and as a drama teacher at Young Actors Theatre. She also blogged and reported for StateImpact Florida, an NPR education project, and produced podcasts and articles for AVISIAN Publishing. Gina has won awards for features, breaking news coverage, and newscasts from contests including the Associated Press, Green Eyeshade, and Murrow Awards. Gina is on the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Board of Directors. Gina is thrilled to be back at WFSU! In her free time, she likes to read, travel, and watch her son play football. Follow Gina Jordan on Twitter: @hearyourthought
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