Tiru Chabba (left) and Robert Morales (right) were identified as two men killed in the fatal shooting at Florida State University.(Stewart Moore on X and CBS Miami/The Strom Law Firm)
Tallahassee, Fla.
Two of the victims of the deadly shooting on Florida State University’s campus Thursday have been identified.
Former Leon High assistant football coach Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba of Greenville, South Carolina, lost their lives Thursday after a 20-year-old FSU student, Phoenix Ikner, fired shots on the university’s campus.
CBS Miami and the Leon High Athletics Department confirmed the passing of Morales on Friday.
Chabba’s family confirmed his passing in a statement from Wukela Communications sent on behalf of his family.
The man’s family said he was on FSU’s campus as an employee of a campus vendor.
Chabba is survived by his wife and two children, according to the statement.
The family attorney’s Bakari Sellers, said Chabba’s family is going through the “unimaginable now.”
“Instead of hiding Easter eggs and visiting with friends and family, they’re living a nightmare where this loving father and devoted husband was stolen from them in an act of senseless and preventable violence,” Sellers shared.
The Leon High Athletics Department said in a statement Friday that Morales served as an assistant coach with Leon Football “with dedication, integrity, and a true passion for mentoring young athletes.”
Authorities have not released any information about Morales or Chabba.
The campus shooting left six others hospitalized, including Ikner, according to authorities.
The 20-year-old was also identified as the stepson of a Leon County Sheriff’s Office deputy.
Two of the victims were expected to be discharged Friday from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.