Gunman kills four at video game tournament in Florida

Florida : A gunman killed four people and wounded several others yesterday when he opened fire at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, police and local media said. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said one white male suspect was dead at the scene. He declined to comment on what led to the third major mass shooting to hit Florida in the last two years.

Dozens of ambulances and police cars flooded into The Jacksonville Landing, a waterfront dining, entertainment and shopping site in the city’s downtown, after several shots rang out on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The shooting took place during a regional qualifier for the Madden 19 online game tournament at the GLHF Game Bar inside a Chicago Pizza restaurant, according to the venue’s website.

The bar was live streaming the competition when the gunfire started, according to the video of the stream shared on social media. In the video, players can be seen reacting to the shots and cries can be heard before the footage cuts off. One Twitter user, Drini Gjoka, said he was taking part in the tournament and was shot in the thumb.