The shooting happened five years to the day when a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, killing two people before fatally shooting himself. | Gianrigo Marletta/AFP/GettyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Fla., Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station.“there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number.
“This is unacceptable,” Deegan told the station. “One shooting is too much but these mass shootings are really hard to take.” Edward Waters University students are being kept in their dorms, the school said in a statement. No students or faculty are believed involved, the school said. Further details were not immediately available. The city says it and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will hold a press conference shortly.when a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, killing two people before fatally shooting himself.