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volstork

(5,403 posts)
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 03:53 PM Aug 2018

American nightmare continues unabated

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/26/us/jacksonville-madden-shooting/index.html


Multiple people were killed in a mass shooting during a video game tournament at a shopping and dining complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday afternoon.

Preliminary reports say four people were killed of the 11 people who were shot, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the incident.
One suspect was dead, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said on Twitter.
The shooting occurred at the Jacksonville Landing complex during a qualifying event for the Madden 19 Tournament at the GLHF Game Bar, according to the Twitter of CompLexity Gaming, one of the gaming teams.
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American nightmare continues unabated (Original Post) volstork Aug 2018 OP
We need more guns there world wide wally Aug 2018 #1
we need to start arming video game players Takket Aug 2018 #2
Killed over a fricken video game ?!?! donkeypoofed Aug 2018 #3
Word is that the shooter was eliminated after losing yesterday malaise Aug 2018 #4
Ban video games!!! johnp3907 Aug 2018 #5

malaise

(269,157 posts)
4. Word is that the shooter was eliminated after losing yesterday
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 04:42 PM
Aug 2018

And was pissed with the trash talking.
If guns weren't so accessible, it would not have ended this way.

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