Fatal Shooting at Game Tournament [Updated] [Aug 26, 2018, 4:00 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Police confirm "multiple fatalities" in a Jacksonville, FL bar after a shooting at a Madden NFL
gaming tournament that was being streamed on Twitch, reports
The New York Times. The video of the livestream from the GLHF Bar reportedly
cut off before the gunfire, but it could be heard on the audio. One gunman is
said to be dead, but police are warning those in the area to stay put while SWAT
does a building-by-building search, suggesting this is still considered an
active shooter situation. A
tweet from
EA SPORTS has a preliminary comment and
a follow-up
shortly after reflects the gravity of what went down: "This is a horrible
situation, and our deepest sympathies go out to all involved." Here's the Times'
account of what happened:
The shooting happened at the GLHF Game Bar, which was hosting a tournament that viewers could watch on Twitch, a gaming network owned by Amazon.
A video clip shared on Twitter, which has since been taken down, showed the football video game Madden on a television screen.
Someone playing as the Atlanta Falcons appeared to have scored, and was kicking off. Tournament commentators remarked that the players were so good that it would not be easy to knock anyone out of the tournament.
Then the sound of gunfire begins. Several shots are heard, one after another.
“Run run run run run pass run run run,” one viewer said in a comment stream.
Then as the shots sound, commenters repeatedly said “oh my god.”
“Is there a shooting?” a viewer asked.
“That’s a gun,” said another.
The video then cut off.
Update:
CNN's report on the news includes the video from the live feed, with the
obvious warning that this is disturbing.
Update 2:
Subsequent reporting details the casualties, saying three are dead,
including the shooter, and that nine are wounded. The gunman reportedly took his
own life.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Aug 26, 2018, 22:58:Strider83 wrote on Aug 26, 2018, 22:20:
And at least I don't make personal attacks to try to back up my arguments.
Thanks for trying though. Would you like a gold star or a pat on the head for participating?
Keep defending using innocent people's deaths to make jokes. Or push an agenda. I'd rather ask for some kind of respect or at least a little time until that starts than do that anyday. Again I try to respect everyone's opinion but don't really care what you think if you want to mock and attack me for mine. That negates any respect I have for what you say. It is one if the major things wrong with this country,there can be no dialogue or middle ground. You can mock, ridicule, and attack me all you want, but I'd certainly rather express my opinion and face that than stay silent or go along with the group think. I hope you have a good evening, I think I would prefer a gold star, I always liked those.
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