Six killed in shooting at Florida university

Florida: Six people were killed and five injured in a shooting at a university in the US state of Florida, one of whom is in critical condition.

According to the news agency, the shooting took place in the university's student union building. Police say the suspect who opened fire at the university has been taken into custody.

According to the hospital administration, six people injured in the Florida University shooting were taken to the hospital, one of whom was in critical condition and died during treatment.

US President Donald Trump stated that he has been informed about the shooting incident at Florida State University, and it is shameful and terrible to have a shooting at a university.

Police believe the gunman - the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy - acted alone, and a motive was not known. The suspect had access to his mother's handgun, which was once her service weapon. She bought it from the department, and it is now a personal firearm, they said.

The 20-year-old suspect - identified as Phoenix Ikner - was believed to be a student at FSU in the state capital of Tallahassee, said Jason Trumbower, chief of the university's police force. The two people who were killed were not students. Trumbower did not provide details on the four others who were shot and wounded.

Responding police officers shot the gunman when he failed to obey orders to surrender and took him into custody, authorities said. The four wounded victims, plus the gunman, were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

Additional information: REUTERS