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Jacksonville shooting at Madden video game tournament: What we know

Authorities in Jacksonville, Florida, and the FBI continued to investigate Monday why a Madden video game tournament exploded in violence Sunday afternoon, leaving three people dead, including the gunman, who authorities say participated in the event on the city's waterfront.

Jacksonville shooting at Madden video game tournament: What we know

Authorities in Jacksonville, Florida, and the FBI continued to investigate Monday why a Madden video game tournament exploded in violence Sunday afternoon, leaving three people dead, including the gunman, who authorities say participated in the event on the city's waterfront.

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Jacksonville shooting at Madden video game tournament: What we know

Witnesses describe gunshots and panic at a Jacksonville, Florida video game tournament. Officials say a gunman killed two people and himself. The Jacksonville sheriff says authorities believe the gunman was 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore. (Aug. 27)

A Jacksonville sheriff's officer walks past the GLHF Game Bar on Aug. 27, 2018.

Authorities in Jacksonville, Florida, and the FBI continued to investigate Monday why a Madden video game tournament exploded in violence Sunday afternoon, leaving three people dead, including the gunman.

Gunfire erupted Sunday afternoon in the back bar of the Chicago Pizza and Sports Grille, where a Madden NFL 19 video gaming tournament was being held. A couple dozen gamers sit in chairs in front of monitors with headsets in the room, called the GLHF Game Bar. The restaurant and bar are located at an entertainment complex called Jacksonville Landing in the city's waterfront. Authorities say the suspect took his own life after killing two gamers and wounding 10 other people. Another person sustained an injury that was not due to a gunshot.

Authorities believe David Katz, 24, of Baltimore was attending the tournament and carried out the attack. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said the suspect brought in two handguns and extra ammunition, but likely fired only one weapon. Investigators said the guns were purchased legally in Maryland, Katz's home state. They believe Katz did not plan the attack before Sunday and that he was acting alone. The Associated Press reported Katz was twice hospitalized for mental illness as a teenager. 

EA Sports, maker of the Madden games, lists a David Katz as a 2017 championship winner. Portions of the shooting were captured on an online stream of the event that was posted to the website Twitch. 

Police have not yet established a motive, but Williams said the shooter targeted other gamers and that surveillance video shows him walking past restaurant patrons before starting his rampage. Some witnesses told local media that Katz erupted in anger after losing an intense game at the event. One of the wounded, Alex Madunic, told CNN that Katz had lost to Eli Clayton.

On Monday afternoon, the sheriff's office identified the fatal shooting victims as Clayton, 22, of Woodland Hills, California, and Taylor Robertson, 27, of Ballard, West Virginia. They were both high-level gamers.

Clayton's family made a statement that said in part, "We're devastated by this senseless act of gun violence. Every person who has been in this position has said that they never thought this would happen to their family. We are no different.''

Nine of the injured were taken to hospitals, seven with gunshot wounds; two others sought hospital care on their own, officials said. University of Florida Health Jacksonville, a level-one trauma center that treated six of the wounded, said Monday that four had been released and two remained, one in good condition and the other in serious condition. At Memorial Hospital, officials said three of the four shooting victims admitted Sunday were still hospitalized and are in good condition; a fourth was treated and released.

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Crime scene technicians process evidence where 3 people including the gunman were killed at the Jacksonville Landing on Aug. 27, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooting occurred at the GLHF Game Bar during a Madden 19 video game tournament  where three people were killed, including the gunman, and 11 others wounded.  Two people were killed and 11 others wounded on Aug. 26, 2018, when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself, local police said. Sheriff Mike Williams named the suspect of the shooting as 24-year-old David Katz from Baltimore, Md. 

Crime scene technicians process evidence at Jacksonville Landing.

A prayer group prays in front of Jacksonville Landing.

A Jacksonville Sheriff officer walks past the GLHF Game Bar.

Police vehicles block the roads leading to Jacksonville Landing on Aug. 26, 2018, where a gunman opened fire during an online video game tournament that was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said.

A police car behind police tape blocks a street leading to the Jacksonville Landing area in downtown Jacksonville, Aug. 26, 2018.

Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives talk outside the Baltimore, Md. family home of the suspect in a mass shooting earlier in the day in Jacksonville, Fla. on Aug. 26, 2018.

A Jacksonville Sheriff crime scene unit's van is seen as law enforcement investigates a shooting at the GLHF Game Bar which uses the same entrance as the Chicago Pizza place (seen behind the van) at the Jacksonville Landing on Aug. 27, 2018.

Officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office investigate a shooting inside Jacksonville Landing 

Federal authorities stage and search a home in Baltimore's Inner Harbor as part of an investigation into the Jacksonville shooting. An FBI official in Baltimore confirmed that its agents were searching the family home of the man authorities said they believe was behind the attack.

Police vehicles block one of the bridges leading to Jacksonville Landing. Video Games

Officers from the Jacksonville Sherrif's Office and Florida Wildlife Commission patrol the St Johns River under the bridges after a shooting at Jacksonville Landing,

Media trucks line the road leading to Jacksonville Landing,

Police prepare a robot to enter a parking garage a block away from the scene of a multiple shooting at the Jacksonville Landing.

Jacksonville Sheriff's officers patrol around the ships at Jacksonville Landing.

Jacksonville Sheriff's officers patrol the St. Johns River in front of Jacksonville landing

Florida Highway patrolmen block the entrance to the Main Street Bridge near the scene of a mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing.

Law enforcement boats patrol the St. Johns River at the scene of a multiple shooting at the Jacksonville Landing.

Police investigate the scene of a multiple shooting at the Jacksonville Landing.

Police gather after an active shooter was reported at the Jacksonville Landing.

Police investigate the scene of a multiple shooting at Jacksonville Landing.

A police officer directs a pedestrian away from a blocked off area near the scene of a mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing.

Screen grab from the GLHF twitch channel of a live stream feed during the EA Madden Southeastern Qualifiers Playoffs video game tournament. Four people were reportedly killed and several others wounded on Aug. 26, 2018 after a shooting rampage during a Madden 19 video game tourney. A live feed from the Madden NFL 19 tourney was underway and the audio feed was interrupted by the sound of several gunshots. 

A police officer stands by where an active shooter was reported in Jacksonville.

Police barricade a street near Jacksonville Landing.

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, right, holds a news conference.

Law enforcement patrols the St. Johns River by boat just outside the Jacksonville Landing.

The Coast Guard and local law enforcement patrol the St. Johns River outside The Jacksonville Landing

The coast guard patrols the St John's river outside of the Jacksonville Landing.

Law enforcement patrols the St. Johns River by boat just outside the Jacksonville Landing

Police cars block a street leading to the Jacksonville Landing area in downtown Jacksonville on Aug. 26, 2018.

The coast guard patrols the St John's river outside of the Jacksonville Landing.

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