Three were killed and nine others were wounded when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage and then turned the gun on himself in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville.
The suspect was identified as 24 year-old David Katz of Baltimore.
One of the contestant 19-year-old Drini Gjoka tweeted the following in relation to the shootout:
The tourney just got shot up. Im leavinng and never coming back
— Drini Gjoka (@YoungDrini) August 26, 2018
I am literally so lucky. The bullet hit my thumb
— Drini Gjoka (@YoungDrini) August 26, 2018
Worst day of my life
— Drini Gjoka (@YoungDrini) August 26, 2018
I will never take anything for granted ever again. Life can be cut short in a second
— Drini Gjoka (@YoungDrini) August 26, 2018
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