Damn! Mass Shooting at Madden Tournament in Jacksonville!

[Chandler#81]

13 minutes ago, The Dean said:

One more very minor (in the big picture) thing. The telecast of the game is probably in danger for me, due to this shooting. I understand as I worked in local TV for many years. The news coverage of the shooting HAS to  take preference. Guess I'm searching for a stream.

Yes. If you find one, please post the link

[MAJBobby]

1 minute ago, Chandler#81 said:

Yes. If you find one, please post the link

 

Reddit 

[yall]

The country is full of !@#$s and full of people with guns. Too often those groups intersect with horrible consequences.

[The Red King]

5 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

It was a player that lost. And video of on player with a laser dot on his chest prior to video cutting out and if you likk at his twiter it is flodded with RIP

 

Thanks, actually couldn't bring myself to listen.  Truly a horrible situation.

[NoSaint]

2 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

Madden gamer ⁦‪@True__818‬⁩ had laser pointed at his chest before the video cuts off and shots rang out (on the right) , nothing confirmed but friends are flooding his Twitter page with RIP 

pic.twitter.com/3K7AFMykr6

 

The initial reports are this guy you might remember from buffalo bills twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/buffalobills/status/852916423697588224

 

 

who knows if true yet but it’s the unofficial unconfirmed (mentioned by local reporters and innsone tweets from people there)

 

[njbuff]

Mental illness is one of the biggest problems in this country.

[The Red King]

I think the preseason games are streamed at http://www.nfl.com/labs/clubs/stream/dev?club=buf

 

...got that from a thread at TBD before the Carolina game.

[stinky finger]

38 minutes ago, The Red King said:

Why at a Madden tournament?

 

Would it make sense somewhere else?

[Beast]

17 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Obviously, we don’t know this shooter.  But you do realize that the majority of mass shooters don’t have criminal records, right?

 

or most of the school shootings are occurring in neighborhoods that aren’t Chicago right?  

 

You do realize killing people is a crime?

[BillsFan4]

So very sad. 

 

My thoughts and prayers are with the people currently affected by this nightmare.

 

I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be there, or to know that a loved one was there. 

 

Breaks my heart. 

[TonyBeets]

33 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

...this whole damn country is out of control......from the once "world's greatest" to nothing more than "uncivilized third world skanks".....NEVER in my wildest dreams.......

 

 

If you think the US is bad...... Wow...

[Ol Dirty B]

43 minutes ago, The Red King said:

Why at a Madden tournament?

 

Is there ever a place for this? I'm not even sure what your point is. People like this just do these horrible things wherever. Schools, Churches, Theaters, Malls. Wherever a gathering of people exists.

[stinky finger]

24 minutes ago, The Dean said:

One more very minor (in the big picture) thing. The telecast of the game is probably in danger for me, due to this shooting. I understand as I worked in local TV for many years. The news coverage of the shooting HAS to  take preference. Guess I'm searching for a stream.

 

Hope you persevere. You must be distraught.

[yall]

7 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

 

The initial reports are this guy you might remember from buffalo bills twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/buffalobills/status/852916423697588224

 

 

who knows if true yet but it’s the unofficial unconfirmed (mentioned by local reporters and innsone tweets from people there)

 

A guy I'm here watching the game with said his son played with the guy who lost his thumb and indicated the same.

[The Red King]

Just now, Ol Dirty B said:

 

Is there ever a place for this? I'm not even sure what your point is. People like this just do these horrible things wherever. Schools, Churches, Theaters, Malls. Wherever a gathering of people exists.

 

I never said there was a good or bad place for it.  Just that a tournament isn't your usual venue for this type of a tragedy, that's all.

[NoSaint]

6 minutes ago, The Red King said:

 

I never said there was a good or bad place for it.  Just that a tournament isn't your usual venue for this type of a tragedy, that's all.

 

Bunch of dudes competing.... one loses his temper....add to it that it’s a bunch of guys with history (I’ve seen tweets of one of the other players, I believe a victim, mocking the alleged shooter on twitter awhile back).... 

 

never makes sense but makes more more sense than most of these stories if the initial info is accurate 

[KD in CA]

37 minutes ago, JoeF said:

I counted 12 rounds....that was one of the most horrifying things I have ever heard......I just can't fathom wanting to kill or harm another human being. 

 

My dad talked to me a lot about his WWII experience and how hard it was to harm another human being -- even though he was in a kill or be killed situation.  

 

I just can't understand wanting to harm someone who is not threatening you in any way.  Human emotion and intellect is fragile, however, this anger trigger; this mental anguish; this mental illness affliction is something we need to get better at diagnosing and assessing.  We spend so much on cancer research...and it's warranted...I hope our focus begins to treat mental illness in the same vein.

 

God bless us all. 

 

We've created a society that is not only desensitized to violence, but revels in it.

 

But we're really good at making sure no one ever sees a breast on TV.

[KDS73]

 

[Rc2catch]

Sick and twisted world we live in for sure. Scary raising children into this amongst other horrid things that happen. 

Just a sad situation all around for anyone affected by this 

[Chandler#81]

This won’t go over well..WTF?!?