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26th Aug 2018

Multiple fatalities reported after shooting at video game tournament in Florida

Rudi Kinsella

Jacksonville

Tragic news.

A mass shooting has been reported in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Jacksonville Sherrif’s Office warned people to “stay far away from the area” in a tweet on Sunday night.

They followed up this tweet with another stressing the importance of the warning.

Police are yet to confirm the number of people affected as of yet, but CNN have reported that “multiple people” have been shot.

It has been confirmed that the shooting took place at a video game tournament.

Local news anchor Vic Micolucci took to Twitter to report that 15 people have been shot with at least four victims believed to be dead.

PMBreakingNews posted a video which featured some of the harrowing audio sounds of the incident.

Warning: Readers may find the following audio clip distressing:

The video game tournament was being streamed on Twitch to a number of viewers.

Police say that the situation is still unfolding.

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