Jacksonville Landing Shooter Identified…

We have a few more updates on the shooting that took place during a gaming tournament at the Jacksonville Landing. Initial reports indicated that 11 people were shot and four dead. Those numbers have been slightly revised.

To recap Jacksonville shooting: 3 dead at the scene, including the suspect (24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore). Nine other victims transported to local hospitals (seven had gunshot wounds). Two other victims that suffered gunshot wounds went themselves to local hospitals….

— Michael DiRocco (@ESPNdirocco) August 26, 2018

The suspect, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, has been identified as David Katz, 24, of Baltimore, Maryland.

JUST IN: Jacksonville sheriff says suspect in mass shooting took his own life. Authorities "believe" him to be 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore, MD. Police have located and are searching his vehicle @nbcwashington

— Erika Gonzalez (@erika_news) August 26, 2018

It sounds like the previous witness report was correct. Katz was participating in the tournament and opened fire after he lost.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office added that there’s “cooperation” in Baltimore with the ATF and FBI as part of the investigation.

An eyewitness to Sunday afternoon’s mass shooting told Fox News that the gamer, now identified as Katz, had been eliminated from the tournament before he opened fire.

The witness, who declined to be identified by name but said he was 30 years old, said he did not know the shooter’s identity but noted there were “multiple guys who were upset” at being eliminated from the event.

“I know the person was a gamer, for sure. I know that they did lose, for sure,” he said. “I don’t know if they came back, I don’t know if they went to get a gun, I don’t know if they had it on them. I really can’t tell you that.”

More:

Jacksonville authorities now confirm that the video game competition shooter was David Katz, 24 of Baltimore. Federal authorities are inside his home right now: https://t.co/ZRLkbb7wdk

— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) August 26, 2018

Katz shown here in a Madden tournament from last year: pic.twitter.com/MzIBHh5dsC

— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) August 26, 2018

If you don’t follow online gaming, these events have grown bigger & bigger, with up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for winners. There are play by play commentators; when Katz won last year, he did a “post-game interview” w frmr NFL player Steve Tasker

— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) August 26, 2018

Two neighbors who are familiar with the family but did not want to be identified said they had not seen the son around here; but another neighbor, who also did not want to be identified, recognized him when I showed her a picture before police had formally released his ID

— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) August 26, 2018

Here’s another look from last year–

Congrats to David Katz, the Madden 17 Bills Championship winner!

Thanks for following along, Bills fans. https://t.co/YHJHzlFElc pic.twitter.com/incdEhLxkT

— Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) February 27, 2017

We’ll continue to update you as we find out more.

h/t Fox News