The grandmother of alleged Florida State College gunman Phoenix Ikner reportedly accused his mother and father of influencing the campus taking pictures that left two lifeless and a number of other others injured — ripping the couple as “rotten bastard folks.”
Susan Eriksen blamed her grandson’s father and stepmother, Sheriff’s Deputy Jessica Ikner, for turning the “sweetest child” into an alleged ruthless killer, who claimed the lives of two and wounded 5 others when he used his stepmom’s former service pistol to open hearth on the Tallahassee campus Thursday afternoon.
“They taught him the right way to hunt, they’re bigoted folks, they hated lots of people,” the 79-year-old grandma instructed the DailyMail.com at her rental within the Florida capital Friday.
“He was the sweetest child, sensible,” she stated whereas briefly sobbing, earlier than including, “The rotten bastard folks. I don’t know what we’re going to do now, I don’t know.”
Eriksen, the alleged shooter’s maternal grandmother, claimed she hasn’t seen her 20-year-old grandson in a decade, insisting repeated makes an attempt to see him went unanswered following a contentious custody battle between Ikner’s organic mom, Anne Marie Eriksen, and his father, the outlet reported.
The boy’s tearful mom stated she was “shocked” on the tragic occasions that unfolded Thursday.
“I’m simply as shocked as everyone else … I’m sorry, that is very laborious,” Anne Marie, 46, instructed the outlet.
“It’s very upsetting … you simply don’t assume that is going to occur. There’s plenty of up and down right this moment.”
The FSU pupil allegedly killed two workers of meals service firm Aramark — Robert Morales, 57, and Tiru Chabba, 45 — and wounded 5 others earlier than he was shot by officers. He’s anticipated to outlive.
Footage circulating on social media depicted a terrifying scene of carnage and panic because the lone gunman fired speedy photographs at seemingly random folks close to the campus’s pupil union constructing.
Inker, who was additionally allegedly caught with a handgun and a shotgun, has since been described as somebody who touted “white supremacist” views and spewed “gross” racial rhetoric, in line with his classmates.
One classmate, Lucas Luzietti, chillingly recalled pondering that “this man mustn’t have entry to firearms.
“I obtained into arguments with him at school over how gross the issues he stated have been,” Luzietti instructed USA As we speak.
“What are you alleged to do? His mom was a cop, and Florida doesn’t have very robust purple flag legal guidelines.”
Police haven’t but provided a motive behind the mass taking pictures.
