David Katz

• Jacksonville eSports shooter David Katz was twice hospitalized for mental illness, court records show

  The man behind a deadly shooting at a Florida video game tournament had previously been hospitalized for mental illness, according to court records in his home state of Maryland.

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  Aug 28, 2018
  
• Video game maker cancels 3 Madden NFL tournaments after mass shooting

  Video game maker Electronic Arts canceled three tournaments of its Madden NFL 19 football game to review safety protocols after a competitor who lost a tournament attacked with a gun, killing two gamers and wounding 11 others.

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  Aug 28, 2018
  
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• Jacksonville shooting: Here are the victims of the eSports mass shooting

  A day after 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore opened fire inside Jacksonville Landing, the location of a “Madden NFL 19” video game tournament, the gaming community mourned the two players killed Sunday afternoon.

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  Aug 27, 2018
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• ‘We should’ve stepped it up long ago’: Players call for more security after Florida eSports shooting

  A champion gamer’s decision to open fire Sunday afternoon during a video competition — killing two people and wounding nine others before killing himself — has prompted calls from gamers for more security at esports tournaments.

  World

  Aug 27, 2018
• Jacksonville shooting: Police search for motive after 2 dead in video game tournament

  Police searched on Monday for a motive in the third mass shooting in Florida in two years, which left two people dead and 11 wounded in Jacksonville, before the gunman killed himself at a video game tournament.

  Crime

  Aug 27, 2018
• Jacksonville shooting suspect David Katz had lost in video game tournament: reports

  The murder-suicide occurred during a Madden NFL 19 video game tournament in a restaurant at Jackson's Landing, a waterfront retail and entertainment complex in downtown Jacksonville. 

  Crime

  Aug 26, 2018
• Jacksonville shooting leaves eSports community in shock

  The killings rocked the world of professional electronic gaming, also known as esports, which boasts an estimated 250 million players worldwide in a growing market worth about a billion dollars a year.

  Crime

  Aug 26, 2018
• Gunman kills 2, fatally shoots himself at video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fl.

  A 24-year-old man fatally shot two people at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fl. on Sunday afternoon before turning the gun on himself.

  Crime

  Aug 26, 2018
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• Philip Seymour Hoffman friend reaches settlement with tabloid

  The National Enquirer will fund Katz's American Playwriting Foundation, which will provide $45,000 a year for an unproduced play.

  Entertainment

  Feb 26, 2014