As multiple rounds of gunfire erupted near Florida State University’s student union minutes before noon on Thursday, hordes of students ran away from the campus trying to get to safety as the sound of emergency sirens grew louder.

The gunman in a fatal attack at Florida State University had a history of espousing radical right-wing conspiracy theories and hateful ideas.

The suspect in the Florida State University shooting on Thursday is the stepson of a local sheriff’s deputy, according to law enforcement officials, and some of his classmates said he had espoused white supremacist and far-right views.