Parkland Redux? Shooting at Madden 19 Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/26/2018 - 3:28pm |

@ CNN.com, live updates What we know now, Updated 2 min ago, 3:27 p.m. ET, August 26, 2018

What happened: A shooting occurred during a Madden 19 Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, according to the Twitter page of CompLexity Gaming, one of the gaming teams.
The victims: The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says there are "multiple fatalities" at the scene.
The suspect: “One suspect is dead at the scene," the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office tweeted.

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https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/madden-19-jacksonville-shooting/index.html

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This is tragic.

It is like I have nothing more than silly nothing phrases.

Let us get more guns.

And then we shall be safe?

by Richard Day on Sun, 08/26/2018 - 4:21pm

Anything to save the NRA, anything, go after the First Amendment before you give an inch on the Second:

Fox News panel calls for regulation of smartphones and video games: "When we think of other risks to children and their health ... we actually take action and we ban those things" pic.twitter.com/R0S0wTY6Fx
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) August 27, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 7:55pm

A fatal shooting in Florida on Sunday thrust e-sports, a young and growing industry, into the national spotlight https://t.co/AHSq8A90Rs
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) August 27, 2018

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 8:00pm

Madden NFL Shooting Rocks High-Stakes, Ultra-Competitive World of eSports

Top players compete for prize money, endorsements and fame. Now they have to worry about their safety.

By Will Sommer @ The DailyBeast.com, 08.27.18 6:32 PM ET

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 8:20pm

'Madden' gunman David Katz twice hospitalized for mental health

Shooting suspect's parents clashed over his treatment, divorce filings show

By Vic Micolucci - I-TEAM reporter, anchor, Garrett Pelican - Digital executive producer, Associated Press

Updated: 8:16 PM, August 27, 2018

Jacksonville shooter legally armed himself in state with one of USA's toughest gun laws

Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, Updated 4:03 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2018

When David Katz gunned down two fellow video game enthusiasts Suday in Jacksonville, Florida, the question followed: Was this the random act of an enraged gamer bent on revenge or an unstable person who should not have had access to a gun?

In hindsight, the latter seems logical, particularly in light of court documents from his parents’ bitter divorce that suggest Katz’s psychological troubles started more than a decade ago.

But in legal terms, Katz, 24, who killed himself at the scene after injuring several others, lawfully obtained his two handguns in Maryland, a state that is among a dozen with comparatively high hurdles to firearm ownership [....]

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 9:49pm

Parkland Redux? Shooting at Madden 19 Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida

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