TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. WESH TWO STEWART MOORE HAS BEEN IN TALLAHASSEE SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TODAY, HE SPOKE WITH THE FSU STUDENT WHO IS EXPERIENCING SOME HORRIBLE DEJA VU. SHE WAS ALSO AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THAT DEADLY SHOOTING HAPPENED. THE VIGIL WAS ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF FLORIDA STATE STUDENTS AND THE ENTIRE FLORIDA STATE COMMUNITY. EARLIER TODAY, PEOPLE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND GATHER TO START TO FEEL THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHEN OFF OF EACH OTHER. AS WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. EARLIER TODAY, WE ALSO HEARD FROM A PERSON WHO WAS NEARBY CAMPUS. SHE’S A STUDENT AT FLORIDA STATE, BUT SHE WAS ALSO A STUDENT AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. SHE’S BEEN AN ADVOCATE CALLING FOR MORE LEGISLATION TO BE DONE TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE. IT’S THE ALARM THAT SENT SHOCKWAVES ACROSS FSU’S CAMPUS AND SURROUNDING AREA. AN ACTIVE SHOOTER WAS AMONG THEM, AND THEY NEEDED TO GET SOMEWHERE SAFE. I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS JUST, THERE’S NO WAY. LIKE JUST DENIAL LIKE THAT. THIS IS HAPPENING AGAIN. IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME AROUND THAT I WAS TEXTING PEOPLE, MAKING SURE THEY WERE OKAY, MAKING SURE THEY WERE SAFE, THEY WERE ALIVE, AND THEN JUST HAVING TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR A SECOND TIME WAS SURREAL. ALEXIS WEINBERG HAS HEARD THAT TYPE OF ALERT NOW TWICE. SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT DOOR TO THE BUILDING WHERE 17 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. I’M HERE AS A GRADUATE OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. JUST THIS WEEK, THE FSU STUDENT WAS AT THE CAPITOL TESTIFYING TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF A TAX HOLIDAY FOR GUNS AND AMMO. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS TAX BREAK ALLOWS SOMEONE TO BUY A FIREARM TAX FREE AND WALK INTO A SCHOOL? SHE SAYS INCIDENTS LIKE THE ONE SHE’S NOW LIVED THROUGH TWICE FOREVER CHANGE YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY. I THINK FSU IS STRONG. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE ALL VERY STRONG PEOPLE. I’VE SEEN MORE PEOPLE RALLYING TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THAN I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I THINK IT’S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING. AND I THINK THAT FSU WILL RECOVER. WE HAVE BEFORE, AND WE WILL AGAIN. ALEXIS SAID, OF COURSE, THIS BROUGHT BACK THOSE BAD MEMORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED IN PARKLAND, BUT SHE IS INSPIRED AND SHE IS HOPEFUL AFTER SCENES LIKE WHAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE OUT HERE TO COME TOGETHER TO HAVE THAT MOMENT. BUT SHE SAYS HER FIGHT FOR MORE GUN LEGISLATION IS NOT OVER, AND SHE WILL CONTINUE SPEAKING OUT AS LONG AS SHE CAN
FSU student, Parkland survivor 'forever changed' after second school shooting
Updated: 10:13 PM CDT Apr 18, 2025
Thousands of Florida State University students, staff, and community members gathered together on Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the deadly shooting that occurred just one day prior.One student, Alexis Weinberg, has been through all of this before. Weinberg, who is now attending FSU, was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the Parkland shooting took 17 lives in 2018.An advocate calling for more legislation against gun violence, Weinberg spoke with Orlando sister station WESH, saying incidents like the one she's now lived through twice forever change you and your community. "The first thing that went through my mind is that there's just no way. Just denial that this is happening again. It was weird because I remember the first time around that I was texting people, making sure they were OK, making sure they were safe, that they were alive. And then just having to do that again for a second time was surreal," Weinberg said. Weinberg told WESH that, of course, this brough back those bad memories of what happened in Parkland, but she is inspired and she is hopeful after seeing thousands of people come together after Thursday's devastating tragedy. "I think FSU is strong, the people here are a very strong people. I've seen more people rallying together in support than I've ever seen in my entire life, and I think it's a really beautiful thing. And I think FSU will recover. We have before, and we will again," Weinberg said.Just this week, Weinberg was at the Capitol testifying to prevent the passage of a tax holiday for guns and ammo. She said her fight for more gun legislation is not over and she will continue speaking out as long as she can. Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting outside the Florida State University student union on Thursday.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thousands of Florida State University students, staff, and community members gathered together on Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the deadly shooting that occurred just one day prior.
One student, Alexis Weinberg, has been through all of this before.
Weinberg, who is now attending FSU, was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the Parkland shooting took 17 lives in 2018.
An advocate calling for more legislation against gun violence, Weinberg spoke with Orlando sister station WESH, saying incidents like the one she's now lived through twice forever change you and your community.
"The first thing that went through my mind is that there's just no way. Just denial that this is happening again. It was weird because I remember the first time around that I was texting people, making sure they were OK, making sure they were safe, that they were alive. And then just having to do that again for a second time was surreal," Weinberg said.
Weinberg told WESH that, of course, this brough back those bad memories of what happened in Parkland, but she is inspired and she is hopeful after seeing thousands of people come together after Thursday's devastating tragedy.
"I think FSU is strong, the people here are a very strong people. I've seen more people rallying together in support than I've ever seen in my entire life, and I think it's a really beautiful thing. And I think FSU will recover. We have before, and we will again," Weinberg said.
Just this week, Weinberg was at the Capitol testifying to prevent the passage of a tax holiday for guns and ammo. She said her fight for more gun legislation is not over and she will continue speaking out as long as she can.
Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the shooting outside the Florida State University student union on Thursday.