FSU Student Recounts Trauma After Losing His Sister in Parkland Shooting [WATCH]

Florida State University student Robbie Alhadeff is now a survivor of two school shooting tragedies.

As reported by The New York Post, Alhadeff, whose 14-year-old sister Alyssa was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, spoke to ABC News following Thursday’s deadly attack on the FSU campus in Tallahassee.

The most recent incident left two Aramark employees dead and several others wounded after suspected shooter Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old FSU student, opened fire near the student union.

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Ikner was later shot by police and taken into custody. Authorities have not released a motive.

Alhadeff said he was walking back to his apartment when a friend texted him about the shooting. “I ran right back into my apartment because I was scared about the whole situation,” he told the outlet.

Alhadeff said the latest tragedy has retraumatized him and others from Parkland who now attend FSU.

“A lot of the people I’m friends with are from Parkland and a lot of them go to FSU. This is the second time it’s happened — and no one I know wants to go back to school.”

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He recalled his close bond with his sister Alyssa, who was a freshman soccer player when she was killed along with 16 others at Parkland in 2018. After her death, Alhadeff took two weeks off from school to grieve.

“You could end up being killed just going to learn. I thought this would never happen again, but it continuously keeps happening — and something has to change.”

Parents of other Parkland victims also responded publicly to the FSU shooting. Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin was among those killed in 2018, told ABC News he wasn’t surprised by the new tragedy.

“I don’t understand how anyone could be surprised… if we haven’t done anything to stop it,” Oliver said.

Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was also killed in the Parkland shooting, said some of Jaime’s former classmates were present at the FSU student union when the gunfire began.

“All I ever wanted after the Parkland shooting was to help our children be safe,” Guttenberg wrote on social media. “Sadly, because of the many people who refuse to do the right things… I am not surprised by what happened today.”

“I thought this would never happen again, but it continuously keeps happening.”

FSU student and brother of Parkland victim, Robbie Alhadeff, speaks out pic.twitter.com/XwQpEztS8C

— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) April 18, 2025

Ikner, who previously attended Tallahassee State College, had transferred to FSU and was studying political science. He is accused of using a firearm registered to his stepmother, a deputy with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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