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Eight radical were changeable Thursday during a mass shooting astatine Florida State University's Student Union, leaving 2 dormant and six others hospitalized, officials said.
The suspected shooter, identified arsenic 20-year-old FSU pupil Phoenix Ikner, was wounded successful an speech of gunfire with responding officers and besides remained successful the hospital.
As of Friday morning, 2 of the surviving victims are expected to beryllium discharged, portion 3 are listed successful bully information and 1 remains successful just condition, according to a spokesperson for Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
TMH aesculapian unit is acceptable to supply an update connected the information of the victims this Friday astatine 1 p.m. section time.
Authorities person not released the names of immoderate victims. However, household members person identified 1 of the victims arsenic Robert Morales, a assemblage employee.
Robert Morales
Among those killed was 57-year-old Robert Morales, a longtime worker successful the university's eating services department. His decease was confirmed by his brother, Ricardo Morales Jr., successful a post connected societal media Thursday night.
"Today we mislaid my younger brother," helium wrote. "He was 1 of the victims killed astatine FSU. He loved his occupation astatine FSU and his beauteous woman and daughter. I'm gladsome you were successful my life."
Ricardo Morales Jr. besides confirmed his brother's decease to CBS News Miami.
According to the Miami Herald, Robert Morales was attending a gathering with different assemblage employees erstwhile the shooting erupted. He was besides the lad of Ricardo "Monkey" Morales, a controversial Cuban American CIA operative and anti-Castro militant progressive during the Cold War. The elder Morales was killed successful a barroom combat successful Miami successful 1982.
While the assemblage has yet to officially corroborate the victims' names, memorials of candles and flowers person begun to look crossed campus, and a vigil is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday astatine Langford Green.
Sergio Candido is simply a managing exertion for the South astatine cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform quality sum for CBS Miami and CBS Texas. He antecedently worked for outlets including Telemundo and The Miami Herald.
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