Florida State student accused in campus mass shooting ordered held without bond

TALLAHASSEE Fla AP A judge on Tuesday ordered the Florida State University candidate accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus last month to remain jailed without bond During -year-old Phoenix Ikner s first court appearance since the April attack Leon County Judge Monique Richardson ordered Ikner to have no contact with the casualties and their families and approved the appointment of two masses defenders for him Megan Long and Randall Harper The attorneys did not promptly respond to a request for comment Ikner who was shot and wounded by officers ending the attack sat quietly during the hearing which he appeared at via video from a lockup in a neighboring county He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder Ikner is the stepson of a local sheriff s deputy and investigators say he used his stepmother s former system weapon to carry out the shooting which terrified the campus and the state s capital city Ikner was formally charged Monday after being published from a hospital He was booked into the Leon County Detention Facility and then transferred to a jail in nearby Wakulla County which is standard procedure when an inmate is related to a Leon County deputy executives reported Investigators say that on the day of the attack Ikner an FSU political science scholar arrived on campus and stayed near a parking garage until just before lunchtime when he began walking into and out of buildings and green spaces while firing his gun In less than five minutes officers confronted Ikner shooting and wounding him Leadership have not revealed a motive for the attack which killed two men and wounded six other people If Ikner is convicted of the murder charges he could face the death penalty