Yesterday, a young man opened fire into the GLHF Game Bar located at the Jacksonville Landing of Jacksonville, Florida during a Madden NFL 19 tournament. The Jacksonville Police department has since announced the total number of victims of the Landing Mass Shooting to be 13, with 3 deceased (including the shooter). The police have also revealed, pending confirmation, that the shooter was a participant of the tournament.
Reportedly, his name was David Katz, 24, from Baltimore, Maryland. He was part of the team representing the Buffalo Bills with the name “Bread” or “Sliced Bread” in 2017. EA Sports had a listing for him referring to a victory obtained in the 2017 NFL Club Series Championship, which follows:
As more information continues to develop, it’s worth mentioning that the Jacksonville Police are working with the FBI and Baltimore Police in order to gather as much info as possible. According to another Madden NFL player at the tournament, Steven “Steveyj” Javaruski, Katz had lost earlier in the tournament and returned to the venue.
As reported by Javaruski, the shooter “targeted” a few people before killing himself. In the aftermath of this tragic event, EA has also made the following official statement:
We’ll continue to the monitor the situation and report on it as need be, but for those who lives have been forever changed by the acts of a single person, there may not be a detail they can forget. While his identity has been revealed, the police have not reportedly cast a motive, but as mentioned above, it was likely and unfortunately related to the tournament itself.
Source: Game Informer
