One of the two men killed in the Florida State University mass killing by 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner is Tiru Chabba, a 45-year-old father of two and an executive for a campus vendor. The other person is Robert Morales, a beloved high school football coach. Tiru Chabba‘s company is a food service provider of the Florida State University and Morales used to work at the university’s dining services department.
Phoenix Ikner, the shooter, started open firing at random people using his stepmother, cop Jessica Ikner’s gun and police have not yet established any motive behind the campus rampage. Ikner has been receiving treatment while others who received injury are also recovering.
Who was Tiru Chabba?
Chabba, of Greenville, South Carolina, was the regional vice president of Aramark Collegiate Hospitality, according to his LinkedIn. Aramark is a food service provider that operates on large college campuses, hospitals, prisons and other large facilities. Chabba is survived by his wife and two children, according to a law firm that has been hired by his family, USA Today reported.
Chabba was on the campus for meetings with staff and university officials and came in front of Ikner’s gun.
‘One of the victims who lost their life at FSU was my regional vice president of the company I work for,’ FSU restaurant manager Anthony Cicatello wrote.
‘I didnt know him well but the times I shook his hand in passing while visiting locations on campus I know he was great person and colleague.
‘It’s sad that we have to experience these things in our workplace let alone on a collegiate campus. We had a visiting group of 60 middle school kids touring campus and eating in our dining hall when this occurred.
‘I can only imagine what those little kids were going through as they were underneath the chairs and tables in my dining hall fearing for their lives.’
Who was Robert Morales?
The second victim Robert Morales, a Miami native, was identified in a post on X by his brother. “Today we lost my younger Brother, He was one of the victims killed at FSU. He loved his job at FSU and his beautiful Wife and Daughter. I’m glad you were in my Life,” the post said.
