UPDATE: The shooter has been identified as Myron May, a lawyer who was an FSU alumnus, according to the Associated Press who spoke with a local police officer.
Three are confirmed injured in Tallahassee after a gunman reportedly opened fire in Florida State University's Strozier Library just after 12 a.m. Thursday.
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A Witness' Account:
One divisive wall separated Alexandra Magoulas from the gunman.
The FSU English education graduate student was finishing a project in the Starbucks cafe located on the first floor lobby of Strozier Library when she heard two gunshots fire off 50 feet away from her table. A wall blocked her view, but the shots rocked her senses.
"I heard it and I froze," said Magoulas, 21. "I didn't even process it until people were screaming, 'There's a gun. There's a man with a loaded gun.'"
In a stampede of students, she darted up the stairs with her freshman brother and junior boyfriend. In the stairwell, she heard five to six gunshots outside, and the trio took a sharp turn onto the third floor for cover. Later, Tallahassee Police would confirm to Magoulas that those gunshots killed the gunman.
Magoulas did not see blood nor bullet shells, but out of those same stairwell windows, she saw two stretchers below. Another student claimed she saw a bodybag.
Magoulas sought refuge in a smaller study room toward the back of the floor with her boyfriend, brother, brother's friends and about 20 other students. Library personnel locked each room and instructed students to stay there until further notice.
A shaky voice came on the PA system: Call 911 if you or someone else is wounded, or if you know of the whereabouts of the weapon. The gunman was apprehended. Police would clear students floor by floor.
For an hour and a half, Magoulas texted her parents that she and her brother were safe. She took to her Twitter account to spread the word. She fielded calls from frantic friends and loved ones.
TPD evacuated the room to Bellamy Hall for interviews. Out of those 20 students, just three saw the gunman. When they were escorted out, hands up, officers pointed guns with dogs at their sides.
As of 4 a.m., Magoulas was not free to leave Bellamy. However, she still planned to attend her classes Thursday — that is, until all FSU classes were canceled.
"I’ve never felt anything really negative on campus," she said. "This is a very chilling first."
UFPD is aware of the situation in Tallahassee and have officers outside of Library West for late-night escorts across campus, which has been routine since the early semester assaults. But there are no extra police stationed because of the shooting, UPD Maj. Brad Barber said.
