THE birth mother of the alleged Florida State University gunman hurled insults in an angry social media tirade right before her son was named as the suspect.
Phoenix Ikner, 20, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly gunning down two victims and wounding six others in a sick attack at FSU.
But before he was named as the shooter, his birth mom Anne-Mari Eriksen shared a post criticizing Phoenix’s dad, Christopher.
Eriksen and Christopher were locked in a custody dispute that spanned more than 15 years, according to court documents seen by CBS News.
The nasty custody battle started in 2007 and continued until 2023.
While the dispute was ongoing, Eriksen accused Christopher and his wife, Jessica, of slander and she filed a lawsuit in 2015. The case was dismissed just one year later.
On Thursday, Eriksen berated Christopher and Jessica online – just moments before Ikner was unmasked as the suspect.
She accused Christopher of being unstable and claimed they were not replying to her messages when she asked about Ikner, according to a now-deleted post seen by The Mail.
Eriksen claimed the family is “nuts” before continuing to hurl insults about Christopher.
“He should write a book on how to parent badly, but he can’t communicate,” she claimed.
Eriksen later deleted the social media post.
More information about Ikner and his upbringing has emerged after he was shot and arrested on campus.
He was previously known as Christian Eriksen before changing his name in 2020.
The name change came years after Anne-Mari was found guilty over allegations that she illegally removed a child from Florida.
Court documents seen by ABC said she took her son to Norway in March 2015 without permission.
Anne-Mari and Ikner have dual citizenship, according to the court filing.
Anne-Mari was arrested at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in July of that year.
Her Facebook account is littered with pictures of Ikner from when he was a small child.
FSU shooting timeline
- 12:01 pm: An active shooter was first reported by the FSU student union, police are on their way
- 12:19 pm: FSU confirmed police were on the scene and instructed students to shelter in place
- 12:45 pm: A video is shared of students and faculty walking through campus with their hands up
- 12:58 pm: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare confirmed they are treating those injured in the shooting
- 1:01 pm: FBI confirmed agents are on campus investigating the shooting
- 1:04 pm: FSU notified students that law enforcement is clearing rooms on the main campus
- 1:45 pm: Leon County school district instructs high schoolers to stay away from FSU’s campus
- 1:48 pm: Donald Trump says he has been ‘fully briefed’ on the situation
- 1:50 pm: The Associated Press initially reports that six victims are in the hospital and a suspect has been apprehended
- 2:44 pm: FSU classes and campus activities are canceled through April 18. Students are allowed to return to residence halls, but are otherwise told to stay in place
- 3:20 pm: FSU confirms that law enforcement has neutralized the threat and lifts stay-in-place order
- 3:51 pm: Student Union, Bellamy, HCB Classroom Building, Rovetta A&B, Moore Auditorium, Shaw, Pepper, Hecht House and Carraway buildings are closed
In 2022, she shared a picture following his graduation from high school.
In the image, he’s crouching while leaning against a tree.
And, she shared a montage of snaps to commemorate Mother’s Day in 2023.
“Love being my son Christian Gunnar (Phoenix) mother,” one post said.
Ikner allegedly used one of the weapons belonging to his stepmom, Jessica, in the mass shooting.
Jessica, who has been married to Christopher since 2010, is a Leon County sheriff’s deputy.
She’s been with the force for more than 18 years.
Cops descended on campus after reports of an active shooter at FSU’s campus in Tallahassee at around noon on Thursday.
The school was put on lockdown and students hid inside dorms and campus buildings for hours as cops went door-to-door searching for the gunman and victims.
There were two fatalities, but the victims were not students.
Six additional people were injured and they are all expected to survive.
Ikner, meanwhile, was taken to the hospital and is also expected to survive his wounds.
Cops said he was “neutralized” more than three hours after the first reports of the shooting.
McKenzie Heeter, a junior at the university, claimed Ikner started firing shots after arriving on campus in an orange Hummer.
She told NBC News he then grabbed a pistol from the car.
“That’s when I just started running,” she said.
Heeter said around 15 rounds were fired within 30 seconds.
Students were urged to shelter in place as chaos erupted on campus and some created barriers using trash cans as they hunkered down.
Sam Swartz told CNN he and his fellow students sought shelter in the student union’s basement.
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