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Sunday, August 26, 2018
Police gather after an active shooter was reported at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, right, holds a news conference in Jacksonville, Fla., after a gunman opened fire Sunday during an online video game tournament.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, right, holds a news conference in Jacksonville, Fla., after a gunman opened fire Sunday during an online video game tournament.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams holds a news conference, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla., after a gunman opened fire Sunday during an online video game tournament/
Police cars block off a street near the scene of a mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.
Florida Highway patrolmen block the entrance to the Main Street Bridge near the scene of a mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.
Law enforcement patrols the St. Johns River by boat just outside the Jacksonville Landing where an active shooter was reported Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Police gather after an active shooter was reported at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.
AP Photo/Laura Heald

A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament that was being live-streamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said.

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