Victims in Jacksonville Landing shooting identified

But she recalled, “We did see him with two hands on a gun walking back just popping rounds”. Williams said the lone suspect is dead.

Police urged people hiding in locked areas of the complex to stay in place and call 911.

They both died in the shooting at the GLHF Game Bar Sunday, where they were attending a tournament for competitive players of the football video game, Madden. In reality, the world of competitive video gaming is a fast-growing global phenomenon with millions of fans and billions of dollars up for grabs. The following tweet from a fellow gamer said he had been informed by a friend that his photo had been shared online, suggesting he was involved in the shooting.

Brandi Pettijohn said her family was “devastated” by the fatal shooting of the 22-year-old Clayton, from Woodland Hills, California, who went by the name “True”. On the website for EA Sports, the maker of the Madden video game, a post said that “In what some are calling the most exciting moment in all the 2017 NFL Club Series Championships, David “Bread” Katz won with a walk-off victory by completing an unbelievable pass as time expired to be crowned Buffalo Bills Champion”.

The “Southeast Qualifier” for Electronic Arts’ official “Madden 19 Classic” tournament was the first round of an event that runs until October. “He’s got a family at home, and he just came out here to try to win some money for this family”.

Gamer Derek Jones of Santa Fe, New Mexico, said he was in a fenced-in patio at the event when he heard the sound of gunshots ring out. “I think I’m one of the better players”, Katz said in the interview. “I don’t know what he was doing”.

Police are unclear of Katz’s motive and whether he knew any of the victims, who have not yet been identified.

Katz, who was also packing extra ammo, only fired one of the guns during the assault, said Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, although he didn’t specify which one. He is believed to have injured 11 others along with the two fatalities before shooting himself. The dispatcher encouraged her not to say anything further until a police officer arrived.

A video of the shooting that is now being examined by investigators captured a red dot that appeared to be a laser pointer trained on a player, according to the Associated Press; the player was identified by attendees as Clayton.

Jason Lake, founder of eSports organisation CompLexity Gaming which represents one of the gamers injured in the shooting, took to Twitter to suggest events “double down on security”.

In Parkland, Fla., students circulated a Snapchat video of a gunman firing 18 shots into their classroom, a video that was copied, tweeted and broadcast on the news before the number of the dead was known. “Im leavinng and never coming back”. “Because if I’d won, I would have been in that game bar right then playing a game and not paying attention”.

Another player, Drini Gjoka, 18, said a bullet hit him in the thumb.

In Baltimore, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were searching a house Sunday evening. He declined to release details.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that Katz’s mother and father have been helping the investigation.

Jacksonville Landing is a festival marketplace in downtown Jacksonville at the intersection of Independent Drive and Laura Street.

Witnesses said people trampled each other while fleeing the gunfire.