Pro-gamer, 24, who shot dead two and injured 11 after LOSING: Florida tournament killer [Tr]

Daily Mail ^ | August 26, 2018 | EMILY CRANE and KEITH GRIFFITH

[familyop]

On Sunday night, FBI and ATF agents raided a home in the upscale Federal Hill neighborhood of South Baltimore. It is believed to be the home of Katz's parents, where the shooter himself also lived...As a child, Katz had 'significant health problems', according to court records in his parents' divorce. At the time of the 2014 court filing, the shooter's father worked for NASA, and his mother worked for the US Food and Drug Administration.

[BradyLS]

Gang-related? Can’t wait to hear about how gangs and video gamers have formed unholy alliances.

[BradyLS]

No kidding. I thought table-flipping and drink-throwing was as bas as it got.

[Blue House Sue]

Earlier I read speculation that the shooting was gang related.

[null and void]

These days, the Daily Mail is more real than CNN.

Damning with faint praise...

[Psalm 144]

“Looks pretty wacko. Wonder if he was drugged up too.”

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That isn’t too likely. What is more likely, is that the game - whatever one it was - was the whole of this offender’s life. His entire sense of self and self worth tied up in the game. Then he loses in a competition. Think of the movie ‘Falling Down’ crossed with Beavis and Butthead.

I am an avid gamer, and have been for almost fifty years. It is a pastime for me, not the core of my existence. That used to be the rule among gamers, but now there are a lot of people for whom it is the sum of their existence, and any setback, criticism, or even an opinion which does not track with theirs will send them into a frothing, raging fit. I’m guessing this offender was one of those.

[dfwgator]

The Weekly World News is more real than CNN.

[FreedomPoster]

Thank you for positing both/and as a possibility. So often in situations like this, either/or is put forth when both/and is much more likely, as here.

[BradyLS]

Not doubting you. These days, I’m willing to entertain the plausibility of the most absurd relationships.

[PigRigger]

Yep... No mere coincidence... Fatherless men.... are at his risk for antisocial behavior and harmful behavior

[SuperLuminal]

"I’ll wait for the real news."

And that is???

[SuperLuminal]

"The Weekly World News is more real than CNN."

The National Enquirer is more real than CNN.

[JerryBlackwell]

Had this talk with someone yesterday. Men without a father have a harder time knowing how to act like a man.

[dfwgator]

The National Enquirer is more real than CNN.

Actually, the Enquirer has broken a lot of stories before the Mainstream Media did.

[Taxman]

That speculation was wrong.

[CaptainK]

The parents divorce case is on the internet. I found it by doing a Google search. I think the Daily Mail has a room full of full time Googlers.

[MAexile]

David Hogg claiming he was at tournament in 5...4....3...2...1.

[W.]

He was just another idiot who couldn’t handle real life.

[Gideon7]

The UK Daily Mail had accurate info on the Las Vegas mass shooting way ahead of the US media, who were still reporting only ‘two deaths’ for hours afterward (until the LV sheriff’s press conference set them straight).

[dfwgator]

David Hogg claiming he was at tournament in 5...4....3...2...1.

So was Brian Williams.

[the_daug]

Democratic?