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posted by martyb on Sunday August 26 2018, @08:35PM   Printer-friendly

Mass Shooting at Video Game Tournament in Jacksonville Leaves Multiple Dead:

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 at the Jacksonville Landing, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the incident.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said on Twitter there were "multiple" fatalities and "many" transported to hospitals. One suspect was dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said, and it was not known if there was another suspect.

Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida is treating at least three patients that were involved in the gaming shooting incident, Hospital spokesman Pete Moberg tells CNN. All of the patients are in stable condition, Moberg says.

Live Updates: Shooting at Madden tournament in Jacksonville.

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 [feed] of CompLexity Gaming, one of the gaming teams.

Also at: NY Daily News and Fox News.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @02:28AM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday August 27 2018, @02:28AM (#726776) Journal

    Life continues to be harsh and unfair for many. But at least we have TV, air conditioning, ice cream, a cure for cholera, etc.

    Hopefully, in the future, we would be able to give that man a robot ankle. Maybe we will have replacement parts that exceed the performance of the originals, to the point where people will cut off their own limbs and replace them with superior versions.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday August 27 2018, @01:42PM (3 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday August 27 2018, @01:42PM (#726884)

    Hopefully in the future we can take lethal projectile weapons out of the hands of the poor, desperate, crazy, and others motivated to use them to harm other people.

    Right to bear arms against your oppressors doesn't work as intended when the real oppressors have radio coordinated teams with helicopters, assault rifles, etc. All small arms in the hands of the poor does is make the rich more frightened and defensive than they would be otherwise.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @03:08PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @03:08PM (#726930)

      Right to bear arms against your oppressors doesn't work as intended when the real oppressors have radio coordinated teams with helicopters, assault rifles, etc.

      Why is it always assumed that, if a full-scale rebellion against a tyrannical government were to occur, that 100% of the military would side with the authoritarian government? I doubt that is even close to true.

      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @03:26PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @03:26PM (#726942)

        Yeah, some of the drones might malfunction if the Tuesday patch was installed.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @04:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @04:14PM (#726965)

      Yeah, just look at how the Aghans lost to the Soviets!