
Jim Rosica
News Director at Tallahassee Democrat
News Director @TDOnline, @USATODAY Network-Florida. @DrexelKlineLaw alum, inactive PA Bar. NJ native.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Jim Rosica
Florida State University students slammed the administration after earlier April 19 that the Tallahassee campus would reopen the following Monday – just four days after a gunman killed two people and injured six at the student union. "Thanks for giving us a week off for snow (in January) and one day off for a mass shooting. You guys really care," one person commented on the school's Instagram post. Another said, "ARE YOU SERIOUS???
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5 days ago |
yahoo.com | Jim Rosica
Florida State University's main campus in Tallahassee is still closed after a "heinous crime" took the lives of two people and left six others injured April 17. A suspect, the 20-year-old son of a Leon County deputy, was shot by campus police when he didn't respond to commands to surrender, according to Tallahassee police. Now a campus community is trying to find a path toward healing after becoming America's latest mass school shooting.
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6 days ago |
usatoday.com | Cheryl McCloud |Jim Rosica
• The investigation is continuing April 18 as FSU recovers from a shooting that killed two and injured six. • The university plans to hold a vigil for the victims at 5 p.m. April 18. • The university notified students where they could pick up personal belongings lost as people sought shelter. Florida State University's main campus in Tallahassee is closed today after a "heinous crime" took the lives of two people and left six others injured April 17.
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1 week ago |
eu.dispatch.com | Arianna Otero |Jim Rosica |Jeff Burlew |Alaijah Brown |Elena Barrera |Tarah Jean
Two people are dead and at least six people are injured on Florida State University's campus Thursday after a gunman opened fire. The first reports of a shooting came in around noon. At around 3:30 p.m., the university was telling the campus community "law enforcement has neutralized the threat" but warned that multiple buildings were still "active crime scenes."This is a developing news story and is being updated continuously. New items are posted below.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Arianna Otero |Jim Rosica |Jeff Burlew |Alaijah Brown |Elena Barrera |Tarah Jean | +1 more
The 20-year-old son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy used his mother's gun to go on a shooting rampage on Florida State University's Tallahassee campus Thursday, killing two people and wounding six others, law enforcement officials said. The alleged shooter was himself shot and taken to a local hospital. The surviving student victims were listed in fair condition. The first reports of a shooting came in around noon, sirens wailed for about an hour afterward.
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