Multiple people are dead after at least one perpetrator opened fire on Sunday in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the shooting — which took place at the GLHF Game Bar inside the Jacksonville Landing shopping and dining complex, during EA Sports’s Madden NFL 19 championship gaming series — saw “multiple fatalities” with “many transported” to hospitals.
“One suspect is dead at the scene, unknown at this time if we have a second suspect,” another tweet read. “Searches are being conducted.”
A series of 12 gunshots was heard on the tournament’s Twitch live stream, where a voice could be heard saying, “Oh, f—, what’d he shoot me with?” and others screamed.
Memorial Hospital spokesman Pete Moberg told CNN that at least three patients transported there were in stable condition, while tournament participant Ryan Alemon told the outlet, according to The New York Times, that he observed “at least six bodies” of shooting victims “on the floor.”
The sheriff’s office urged individuals at Jacksonville Landing to call 911 if they were “hiding in locked areas” around the Landing.
“We ask you to stay calm, stay where you are hiding,” they wrote. “SWAT is doing a methodical search inside The Landing. We will get to you. Please don’t come running out.”
A post on GLHF Game Bar’s Facebook page read, “All GLHF staff are safe and accounted for. Please be patient during this difficult time. Thank you!
❤️”
Wrote one tournament participant, 19-year-old Drini Gjoka, on Twitter, “The tourney just got shot up. [I’m leaving] and never coming back.” He added in separate tweets, “I am literally so lucky. The bullet hit my thumb,” and “Worst day of my life.”
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According to The New York Times, the Twitch video disappeared after a red laser dot could be seen on one of the players’ chests and the words “Oh my God” were commented over and over again.
“Is there a shooting?” one viewer asked while another said, “That’s a gun.”
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office tweeted that Sheriff Mike Williams will be delivering the first public statement surrounding the incident at 4:30 p.m. EST.
This is a developing story.
