As multiple rounds of gunfire erupted near Florida State University’s student union minutes before noon on Thursday, hordes of students ran away from the campus trying to get to safety as the sound of emergency sirens grew louder.

The first publicly identified victim among the six students shot in a gunman's April 17 rampage on campus is speaking out from her hospital bed.

A t least two people have died and another six were taken to a hospital after a shooting at Florida State University’s (FSU) campus on Thursday, according to FSU Police. The two deceased victims are not students, authorities said at a news conference on Thursday afternoon.