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Location Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Date August 26, 2018
c. 1:30 – 2:53 p.thousand.[ane] (EDT)

Attack type

 Mass shooting, murder-suicide
Weapons
  • Springfield Armory XD Modernistic.ii sub-meaty 9mm semi-automatic pistol[2]
  • Metro Arms Visitor (MAC) 3011 SSD-T M1911-style .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol with a laser sight[3]
Deaths three (including the perpetrator)
Injured xi (10 by gunfire)[4] [5]
Perpetrator David Katz[half dozen]
Motive Unconfirmed
External video
video icon Video showing the game at the time the shooting occurred, with the shots audible - an MSNBC YouTube Video - (cable channel replays a video streamed on Twitch)

The Jacksonville Landing shooting, also known equally the Jacksonville shooting,[6] [vii] [8] was a mass shooting that occurred at a video game tournament for the video game Madden NFL 19 in Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville, Florida, on Baronial 26, 2018, at about one:30 pm (EDT). A lone gunman, David Katz, shot and killed two people and injured another 10 before committing suicide.[1] [4]

Shooting [edit]

The GLHF (Good Luck Take Fun) Game Bar, a video game venue in the Jacksonville Landing indoor market, hosted a Madden NFL 19 video gaming tournament on August 26, 2018, with effectually 130 to 150 participants and onlookers.[9] After one of the participants, David Katz, lost a game, he refused to milk shake the manus of the winner and left the tournament. Soon after, he returned with i of the two handguns he had brought to the event.[10]

Katz fired 12 shots,[11] killing two people and wounding ten others, then committed suicide. Two more sustained injuries while fleeing.[12] [13] [6] A tournament journalist said that he had been interviewing the first victim earlier he was fatally shot, and that he had been intentionally targeted. The gunman then turned and began shooting indiscriminately.[14]

Gunfire was outset reported on social media at i:34 pm EDT by tournament participants.[15] [16] The upshot'south Twitch stream recorded footage of the shooting, which was later uploaded to YouTube.[17]

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Function urged individuals to stay away from the location at 2:13 p.m. EDT, and SWAT officers evacuated and searched the area.[18] Beginning responders arrived on the scene within two minutes of the first 911 telephone call, and arrived at 1:36 pm EDT.[19] The president of the firefighters wedlock told reporters that they were training in the expanse when victims had run up to them for help.[20] Due to the location being next to the St. Johns River, the Declension Baby-sit was called in to sweep the surrounding waterways.[13]

Victims [edit]

Fatalities [edit]

  • Elijah Clayton, age 22, from Woodland Hills, California, was a professional gamer known by the aliases "True" and "Trueboy".[21] [22] He had reportedly fabricated a terminal-minute decision to attend the Jacksonville tournament.[23] A video circulating on social media after the shooting appeared to show a cerise dot on Clayton's chest from the laser sight on Katz's handgun.[21]
  • Taylor Robertson, historic period 27, from Ballard, W Virginia, was a professional person gamer known by the alias "SpotMePlzzz".[24]

Non-fatal injuries [edit]

Xi people were taken to hospitals for handling of their injuries. Some of the injured had been able to leave the bar and sought assistance from outset responders.[25] Ii others had driven themselves to the hospital.[4] Of those injured, ten individuals received gunshot wounds and ane person was injured attempting to abscond from the location.[26] The twenty-four hours subsequently the incident Memorial Hospital released a statement that one individual had minor injuries, and three were in expert condition, and UF Health announced that four victims had been released, with two still admitted.[27]

Perpetrator [edit]

The shooter, David Katz, was a 24-year-old professional Madden role player from Baltimore, Maryland, who had been attending the Jacksonville tournament as a participant.[28] Katz had lost a few rounds in the contest, which prevented him from reaching the finals. Fellow competitors reported that he had been "acting weird" and refused to milk shake hands with them after losing the competition.[29] His pseudonyms included "Bread", "mrslicedbread", "RavensChamp", "ravens2012champ" and "TREXHAVAHARTATAK".[30] [31] [32] He had previously won $10,000 in a 2017 Madden Tournament. Katz had a history of mental illness and was prescribed anti-psychotic medicine.[33] He was diagnosed with dysthymia and oppositional disorder non otherwise specified and had been involuntarily committed to mental hospitals on numerous occasions.[34]

Investigation [edit]

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office used Twitter to announce that there were fatalities at the scene at 2:45 p.m. EDT,[35] and that i suspect was dead at the scene at 2:53 p.m. EDT.[36] Initially, it was unknown whether at that place were additional gunmen,[13] but later on, officials confirmed that there was only one suspect in the shooting.[37] He was armed with a .45 caliber handgun and a 9mm handgun, with the Sheriffs Part stating that one of the weapons was equipped with an aftermarket laser sight fastened to the trigger guard.[10] The weapons had been stored in his vehicle, and purchased legally in Baltimore, Maryland.[16]

The Sheriff'south Part issued an update at seven:37 p.m. EDT, indicating that the FBI were involved in the investigation, and that there was coordination with officers in the doubtable'due south hometown, Baltimore, Maryland. Police and federal agents visited a house in S Baltimore, which was identified as Katz's father'due south home.[28] [38] They added that updates would be posted on their Twitter business relationship.[4] Electronic Arts, who published Madden NFL 19 and had approved the competition, cooperated with the investigations.[four]

The Sheriff's Function reported that the incident is beingness investigated every bit a criminal act and not as an human activity of terrorism.[15]

Lawsuit [edit]

As of Baronial 30, 2018, at to the lowest degree one participant had filed a lawsuit[39] confronting the tournament sponsor Electronic Arts, the game manufacturer, the mall, and the restaurant where the incident occurred. The lawsuit claims "to concord those responsible answerable, and to ensure that gamers ... are able to gather to pursue their passion without having to fear for their lives".[xl]

Response [edit]

Participants and sponsors of participants took to social media to limited safety, injuries, and recollections of the incident.[41] Electronic Arts (EA) released a argument saying their "most heartfelt sympathies" went out to the families of the victims and those who were injured and that their focus was on those affected and aiding law enforcement.[42] The publisher would afterward abolish the iii remaining Madden Classic qualifier tournaments in order to reevaluate prophylactic protocols for futurity live events.[43] EA farther donated US$1 one thousand thousand as charity for the victims of the shooting and will set up a fund for others to exist able to contribute.[44]

Organizers of several video game-based exhibitions, including PAX, Game Developers Briefing, Insomnia Gaming Festival and Electronic Amusement Expo, equally well as other esports tournaments such every bit the League of Legends Championship Series and Evolution Championship Series (EVO) appear that they would take additional security measures at their upcoming events to protect the prophylactic of their exhibitors and attendees in wake of the shooting.[45] The consequence has also raised concern about increasing security at other esports events in the future to levels similarly seen in other professional person sporting events.[46]

The BBC initial coverage of the shooting compared it to other shootings in the state of Florida, including the Stoneman Douglas High Schoolhouse shooting, the killings of Christina Grimmie, Trayvon Martin, and XXXTentacion, and the Orlando nightclub shooting.[4] As the incident occurred 54 hours earlier the state polls airtight in the gubernatorial master elections, the political and gun law ramifications became political talking points.[7]

U.Southward. President Donald Trump contacted Florida Governor Rick Scott, offering federal assistance in response to the shooting.[47]

Memorials and tributes [edit]

Video game developer Bungie issued a argument that all its "Bungie and Destiny channels" would discover a day of silence in memory of the victims on August 27, 2018.[48] Bethesda, a major video game publisher, besides issued its condolences, stating that they will "back up efforts from the @EA family nevertheless [they] tin can."[49] OpTic Gaming appear presently after that they will exist holding a charity livestream on Baronial 31, 2018, with all proceeds going towards the families of the victims.[50] [51] GLHF also hosted a vigil in front of the restaurant doors. Attendees left flowers, letters of condolence, and personal items at the forepart doors.[ citation needed ] EA Sports (the developers of Madden NFL 19) released a statement the same day expressing their sympathies and stated that they were working with regime to figure out what happened.[52]

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