2 dead as police officer's son opens fire at university

MIAMI — A mass shooting allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff with her old service weapon left two people dead at a university in Florida, police in the southeastern US state said on Thursday.

Five people were hospitalized when the gunman, identified as Phoenix Ikner, rampaged through Florida State University, shooting at students, before he was shot at and injured by local law enforcement.

The campus was locked down as gunfire erupted, with students ordered to shelter in place as first responders swarmed the site moments after the lunchtime shootings.