Update: The gunman who opened fire during a Madden 19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, leading four dead including the suspect, has been identified as 24-year-old David Katz, the Inquisitr reports.
According to Fox News’ Rick Leventhal, Katz was described as a “disgruntled gamer reacted to losing with violence”, killed self. 3wks shy of 21st bday.
Source: #JacksonvilleShooting suspect is David Katz, “disgruntled gamer reacted to losing with violence”, killed self. 3wks shy of 21st bday
— RickLeventhalFoxNews (@RickLeventhal) August 26, 2018
There was subsequent confirmation from official sources that David Katz, 24, of Baltimore was indeed the shooter. The police added that the shooter used at least one handgun.
Single suspect is a white male. Pending confirmation, we believe the suspect is a 24-year-old, David Katz from Baltimore, MD. FBI is assisting us in Baltimore, MD. https://t.co/qBJvkaO7xT
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) August 27, 2018
Separately, according to WJXT’s Vic Micolucci, Katz was described as a white male, early 20s, believed to be from Baltimore area, used semi-automatic handgun, appears to have acted alone, and killed himself inside, however his name has not yet been officially confirmed.
Jacksonville Landing shooter:
– white male
– early 20s
– believed to be from Baltimore area
– used semi-automatic handgun
– appears to have acted alone
– killed himself inside
– name not confirmed yet
(Info from my police sources.)— Vic Micolucci WJXT (@WJXTvic) August 26, 2018
As reported earlier, the shooting took place at a video game tournament for Madden 19 at The Jacksonville Landing, an entertainment complex in the Florida city. The event was being held inside the complex at the GLHF Game Bar in Chicago Pizza. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department confirmed that suspect David Katz was dead at the scene, and they initially searched whether there were any other shooters before reporting that Katz had acted alone. He reportedly took his own life.
https://twitter.com/lewisvjackson/status/1033817717097283585
Earlier, the LA Times reported that the suspect was competing in the Madden 19 tournament and had lost a match.
“The shooter was a gamer who was competing in the tournament and lost, according to Steven ‘Steveyj’ Javaruski, one of the competitors,” the report noted. “The shooter ‘targeted a few people; and shot at least five victims before killing himself, Javaruski told The Times in a direct message on Twitter.”
Javaruski said that he saw the suspect kill two or three people.
Eyewitnesses at the tournament reported on Twitter that David Katz had just lost a match before the shooting begun.
Congrats to David Katz, the Madden 17 Bills Championship winner!
Thanks for following along, Bills fans. https://t.co/YHJHzlFElc pic.twitter.com/incdEhLxkT
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) February 27, 2017
According to the event’s Facebook page, it was a $5,000 tournament where the winner could qualify for a national tournament sponsored by Electronic Arts, the company that makes the Madden series, the Inquisitr reports. EA Sports posted a statement after the shooting saying they were working with local authorities.
“We are aware of an incident at a sanctioned Madden Championship Series competition in Jacksonville. We are working with authorities to gather facts at this stage.”
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A lone, white male gunman is among the multiple fatalities after a mass shooting broke out at an online gaming tournament in Jacksonville that was partially captured on a livestream feed of the contest.
Four people are dead and 11 wounded News4Jax reports, after the shooting inside a game room at the Chicago Pizza restaurant in The Jacksonville Landing area of Jacksonville, Florida, where a Madden 2019 Tournament was being held at the time.
Witnesses said the shooter was a player who had just lost in the tournament. A witness told CNN he saw the gunman shoot multiple people before killing himself and that it appeared he had a laser on the gun to help him target victims.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said at 4:30 p.m. that the gunman, a white man, is dead, but wouldn’t confirm casually counts, so it wasn’t known if the four dead included the shooter. He said there are no other outstanding suspects in the shooting and said that the Sheriff’s office is still working to identify the suspect. He confirmed there were multiple fatalities and injuries.
Williams said SWAT teams had completed a methodical search of Landing and the immediate area and found no additional gunmen.
Read the rest here: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-26/4-dead-11-wounded-mass-shooting-during-madden-2019-tournament-jacksonville
Described as a white male? No, he’s not! He’s an Ashkenazi jew….who are, according to them, their own superior race!
Now Hogg will jump on this bandwagon….makes me wonder if he was groomed to do this in order to push the jew agenda of gun control by our jew government.
It pisses me off when they call 4 dead and 11 wounded a “mass shooting”! Notice them pushing us to accept the twisted wording?
Pokémon Go tournament August 24 2015 Boston Hynes Convention Center. Stumbo 27, and Norton 18 drove from Iowa but got stopped by Boston authorities. Many guns and lots of ammo in the trunk. No one remembers this…only 3 years ago.
They will do anything to disarm the public. Up to and including suicide and murder for propaganda.