![]() ![]() All surviving shooting victims expected to recover from their injuries, according to the sheriff. Officials said Monday that in addition to the two slain men, 10 people were wounded by gunfire and one sustained a “non-gunshot-related” injury. Although reports have suggested that Katz opened fire after being eliminated from the tournament, Sheriff Williams said that authorities have not determined a motive yet, and that Jacksonville police are continuing to investigate the crime with assistance from the FBI. Sheriff Williams said Katz purchased both handguns legally from a licensed dealer in Maryland.Īccording to the sheriff’s account of the shooting, Katz “clearly targeted other gamers,” walking past patrons at the pizza restaurant to reach the group of Madden players in a back room. Katz was carrying two handguns and extra ammunition at the time of the shooting, Sheriff Williams said Monday, though he added that Katz appears to have fired only one of the weapons. The tournament was being held at GLHF Game Bar at Jacksonville Landing, while the shooting took place next door at Chicago Pizza. This weekend’s event at Jacksonville Landing downtown was the first of four qualifier tournaments for the Madden Classic series sponsored by EA Sports. Twitch livestream of Madden NFL tournament qualifier in Jacksonville broadcasts mass shooting, horrific aftermath /98FwkWMfOp- Timothy Burke August 26, 2018 ![]() Then a man is heard crying out, “What did he shoot me with?” Three more shots are fired and screaming can be heard. As nine shots ring out, competitors can be heard abandoning their stations, and others are heard fleeing. A red dot, apparently a laser targeting sight, can be seen on Clayton briefly before the screen drops the competitors’ images and the shooting begins. In the video, competitor Wesley “Joe Rice” Gittens is playing Clayton. ![]() Twitch took down the clip in question, but archives are available on Twitter and YouTube. The tournament was being livestreamed on Twitch at the time of the shooting. Williams said that Katz was at the Madden tournament as a competitor, and that Katz shot and killed multiple people and then fatally shot himself.įollowing a second news conference Monday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said that authorities had identified the two deceased victims as other competitors in the Madden tournament: 22-year-old Elijah Clayton of Woodland Hills, California, known in the esports community as “TruBoy,” and Taylor “SpotMePlzz” Robertson, 28, of Giles, West Virginia. A competitor in a Madden NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, opened fire during the event on Sunday afternoon, killing two people before taking his own life, according to police.Īt a news conference Sunday evening, Sheriff Mike Williams of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified the shooting suspect as David Katz, 24, of Baltimore. ![]()
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