Taylor Robertson and Elijah Clayton were the two victims of the Jacksonville, Florida mass shooting. David Katz of Baltimore became angry after losing in Madden 19 and opened fire. Along with the two deaths, Katz injured eleven others and killed himself.
The following video shows one of the competitors who defeated Katz in the Madden tournament:
"I was actually one of the people that beat him…"
— Ryan Nelson (@RyanNelsonTV) August 27, 2018
GAMER and WITNESS talks about suspected #TheLandingMassShooting shooter David Katz. Says he was acting 'weird' all weekend. #BREAKING #Jacksonville #JacksonvilleLanding #JacksonvilleLandingShooting @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/7ZwqKbMzGM
Taylor “SpotMePlzzz” Robertson
Pray for the family of Taylor Robertson. The image above shows that he was a husband and father. Robertson was born on November 26, 1990 and was 27-years-old. He lived in Ballard, WV.
The tweet below shows the Robertson was excited about the tournament:
Taylor’s cousin shared the following tweet explaining that he was hoping that the horrific news wasn’t true.
Elijah (Eli) “True” Clayton
Elijah aka Eli “True” Clayton is the other person who was shot and killed by David Katz. He was born on June 19, 1996 and was 22-years-old. Clayton grew up in Woodland Hills, California and played football at Calabasas High School.
Like Robertson, Elijah tweeted about the event:
Won every game by max no one crossed the 50 or scored a point. Waiting for singles for tomorrow.
— True (@True__818) August 25, 2018
The Calabasas High School football team shared the following tweet:
Our hearts are broken as we learned that former Calabasas Football player @True__818 (Elijah Clayton) was senselessly murdered today during the mass shooting in Florida. We send our love, condolences, and deepest sense of sorrow to Elijah's Family and Friends pic.twitter.com/xhdQ8TLg0d
— Calabasas High School Football (@CalabasasFtball) August 27, 2018
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