By WILL POTTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 17:15 BST, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 17:35 BST, 17 April 2025

An active shooter has opened fire at Florida State University’s Tallahassee’s campus.

Disturbing footage showed people fleeing from a student union around midday local time Thursday. 

Eyewitnesses told the Tallahassee Democrat that they’d heard what sounded like ‘automatic gunfire.’  

A university alert said some police were on the scene and others were on the way.

It is unclear if anyone has been injured in the shooting.

Meteorology student Garrett Harvey shared a clip of people running across a road and wrote: ‘There is a shooting around the student union. 

‘People are running across TN Street.’ 

Locals have been urged to stay inside, lock their doors and stay away from windows as the campus has been placed under strict lockdown.  

Students are seeing running across a road at Florida State University on Thursday afternoon after an active shooter opened fire close to the campus’ student union 

A stock photo of Florida State University’s Tallahassee campus, where an active shooting broke out on Thursday morning 

Another meteorology student called Ryan Cedergren said he was in the affected area, but did not share further details about what happened.

Cedergren wrote: ‘I was in the fsu student union

‘We were just evacuated by police and are safe. Sending fervent prayers to all impacted, and huge thank you to fsu police, Tallahassee police, and everyone who came to help.’ 

Leon County School District buildings which sit close to the campus have also been placed on lockdown. 

FSU Tallahassee is a public college located in Florida’s state capital and sits on the Sunshine State’s panhandle.

It has around 45,000 students, with movie star Burt Reynolds and The Doors singer Jim Morrison among its famous alumni.