FSU shooting
Definition
A mass shooting that occurred on April 17, 2025, at the Student Union Building on the campus of Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida, where 20-year-old student Phoenix Ikner killed two people—a campus dining director and a vendor—and injured seven others before being shot and apprehended by police.
Colloquial reference to the aforementioned tragic event, often invoked in discussions about campus safety, gun violence, and the role of AI in modern incidents due to the suspect's pre-attack queries to ChatGPT.
Examples
The FSU shooting turned a routine lunch rush into the campus's most unwanted cardio session.
After the FSU shooting, students joked that the new security checks make tailgating feel like airport TSA lines on steroids.
ChatGPT's chat logs from the FSU shooting suspect have everyone wondering if AI needs a 'do not assist mass murderers' disclaimer.
Survivors of the FSU shooting are now pros at turning 'duck and cover' into an Olympic sport.