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PHOTOS: Mass shooting at Florida video game tournament

PHOTOS: Mass shooting at Florida video game tournament
Posted at 5:31 PM, Aug 26, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-26 20:15:03-04

BALTIMORE, Maryland — The suspect in an earlier mass shooting in Jacksonville is from Baltimore, authorities said Sunday.

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the suspect is believed to be 24-year-old David Katz.

WMAR television station in Baltimore learned federal authorities are conducting an investigation in South Baltimore, in connection to the incident that took place earlier today at a Madden video game tournament at a shopping and dining complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.

PHOTOS: Click to see pictures from the mass shooting incident in Jacksonville

Two people were fatally shot, and nine other people suffered gunshot wounds and two people were injured fleeing the area, authorities said at a news conference Sunday evening.