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Injured FSU victims expected to make 'full recovery'; Aramark employee among those killed

'We are heartbroken to confirm that an Aramark employee was among those killed at FSU yesterday in that senseless act of violence,' company says in statement

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Students gather on a stretch of sidewalk near the center of the Florida State campus in sight of the Student Union building, Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, April 18, 2025.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — WPTV is learning more about the victims in Thursday's shooting at the Florida State University campus.

According to the food service company Aramark, one of their employees was one of the two people who were killed.

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"We are heartbroken to confirm that an Aramark employee was among those killed at FSU yesterday in that senseless act of violence," Debbie Albert, senior vice president of corporate affairs at Aramark, said in a statement.

Albert said the company is "absolutely shaken by the news."

The company did not identify the man, however, family members said he was Tiru Chabba, a 45-year-old father of two, from Greenville, South Carolina.

Chabba's family announced Friday that they have hired civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers of The Strom Law Firm and attorney Jim Bannister "to ensure that all those who bear responsibility for this senseless act of violence are held to account."

"Tiru Chabba's family is going through the unimaginable now," Sellers said in a statement. "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."

The Associated Press reported that the second person killed was Robert Morales, a university dining coordinator.

Along with the two fatalities, six others were hurt.

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Doctors at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said during a Friday afternoon news conference that the six victims injured in the shooting are in stable condition and expected to make a "full recovery."

Dr. Brett Howard at the hospital said the six victims suffered gunshot wounds to their chest and abdomen, but all were in "rather stable condition" when they arrived.

"Three of them did go to the operating room," Howard said.

The doctor said two of the victims may be allowed to go home Friday.

"Unfortunately, we do have to prepare for these sort of events," Howard said.

He described the victims as "very, very brave" when they were brought to the hospital.

"There is the moment of shock, but all (of the victims) were able to talk to us," Howard said. "All of them were very clear-minded and able to converse with us."

Dr. Shelby Blank described the situation as "catastrophic," but given the circumstances, they feel "very lucky" that the situation wasn't worse, given the number of students and staff on campus on Thursday.

Florida State President Richard McCullough said at the Friday news conference that some of the wounded were students. However, hospital staffers did not give the names or ages of the victims they treated. They also could not say if they treated the suspected gunman, who police said was shot and taken into custody.

Below is a statement released by Aramark on the death of its employee:

"We are heartbroken to confirm that an Aramark employee was among those killed at FSU yesterday in that senseless act of violence. We are absolutely shaken by the news and our deepest sympathies are with the family and our entire Aramark community."

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