The suspect is reportedly a gamer who participated in the competition and lost earlier on.One suspect is dead at the scene, unknown at this time if we have a second suspect. Searches are being conducted. https://t.co/qBJvkaO7xT
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) August 26, 2018
Many people were transported to hospital, reported the office. Five injured are in stable condition and one is serious, hospital staff stated Sunday night. Others arrived independently to receive treatment.The shooting took place at a restaurant at Jacksonville Landing, a waterfront dining, entertainment and shopping site in downtown Jacksonville, according to local media.The business was livestreaming a tournament for a Madden football video game when several shots rang out, according to video of the stream shared on social media.A mass shooting reportedly took place at a madden tournament in downtown Jacksonville, Alabama. Multiple people reportedly killed. pic.twitter.com/kz7CgCZUTH
— BreakinNewz (@BreakinNewz01) August 26, 2018
In the video, players can be seen reacting to the gunfire and cries can be heard before the footage cuts off.The Florida shooting occurs amid a debate about US gun laws that was given fresh impetus by the massacre in February of 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida.Two years ago a gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.One Twitter user, Drini Gjoka, said he was in the tournament and was shot in the thumb.“Worst day of my life,” Gjoka wrote on Twitter. “I will never take anything for granted ever again. Life can be cut short in a second.”The sheriff’s office said its deputies were finding many people hiding in locked areas at Jacksonville Landing.“We ask you to stay calm, stay where you are hiding. SWAT is doing a methodical search,” it said on Twitter. “We will get to you. Please don’t come running out.”Local news footage showed several ambulances, as well as firefighters and police officers, on the scene, as well as roads being blocked off in the downtown area.