Breaking: 'Active Shooter' Apprehended at Florida State University—5 Possible Casualties

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An active shooter situation is ongoing at Florida State University as a gunman opened fire on the Tallahassee campus Thursday. Here’s what we know so far:

Multiple patients have been hospitalized after an active shooter was reported at Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee.

The school sent an alert urging students to seek shelter as a shooter was reported in the area of the student union.

Police were "on scene or on the way," according to the alert. "Lock and stay away from all doors and windows and be prepared to take additional protective measures," the alert said.

The FBI is responding to the scene at FSU as campus, city and state officials have convened at the school, according to a spokesperson for the bureau.

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Multiple victims have been hospitalized, and up to five may have been killed:

The staff at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare is "receiving and caring for patients" from the reported shooting at the university, a representative for the hospital said in a statement this afternoon.

A local news outlet described the tense situation:

Teachers running, students were hiding

1:30 p.m. – Students in the College of Business building adjacent to the student union said they heard a teacher run down the hallway alerting them of the shooter in the union.FSU junior Angel Dejesus said his class all hid in a smaller room within the classroom he was in with the doors locked.Dejesus said he was studying for a final exam that he had in an hour trying to drown out the chaos, but it got “much more serious” when a student who lived through the Parkland shooting entered the room.“He was like, ‘Man, I never thought this would happen again,’ “ Dejesus said.

Hospital confirms six being treated

1:25 p.m. – Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare spokesperson Stephanie Derzypolski confirmed to the Tallahassee Democrat that they now have received six patients, one in critical condition and the rest in serious condition.

The hospital has "the only Level II trauma center in the Big Bend region," its website says. A Level II trauma center is "required to have trauma surgeons on-call 24/7."

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Unfortunately, even as of this writing, news continues to come in, and this update—though unconfirmed—suggests that the tragedy continues to get worse:

Our prayers go out to the victims and their families. As this is a developing story, RedState will provide updates as they come in.

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