Jacksonville Landing shooting

On August 26, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the Jacksonville Landing festival in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. 24-year-old David Katz, who had lost a video game tournament there earlier, shot and killed two fellow competitors and injured eleven others (ten by gunfire) before killing himself. No motive has ever been found for the shooting.

Shooting
A video game tournament was taking place for the newly released Madden NFL 19. One of the players was 24-year-old David Katz; after losing the match, he refused to shake hands nor talk with anyone else and simply left. He returned with one of his two handguns and began firing, killing two and injuring ten. Two others gained injures while fleeing the scene. It was reported that Katz targeted one person before firing wildly. Due to the game tournaments, the entire shooting was streamed live through Twitch. Katz eventually stopped the shooting and committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. First responders arrived at 1:36 P.M., two minutes after the first 9-1-1 call came in.

Victims
In total, two were killed, both of them men:


 * Elijah Clayton, 22
 * Taylor Robertson, 27

Ten others were injured by Katz's gunfire, two others were injured when they fled the building. Timothy Anselimo was shot three times, a bullet stuck in his chest and another shattering his hand.

Perpetrator
David Katz, 24, had a serious history of mental health issues, being involuntarily committed to mental health hospital several times. He was a professional Madden player and had even won $10,000 the previous year in a gaming competition. Katz had lost several rounds during the Jacksonville tournament and fellow players had stated that he had been acting strange and refusing to talk or shake hands after losing a match.

Reactions
EA Games, the company behind Madden NFL 19, sending their heartfelt sympathies to the victims, their families and survivors. They donated $1,000,000 to a victims charity. President Donald Trump called Florida Governor Rick Scott and offered federal aid if needed. News organizations pointed out the fact that this is one of many shootings in Florida such as the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting earlier that year and the Pulse nightclub shooting two years earlier in 2016.