Elijah Clayton and Robertson Death Video Viral
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Two people were fatally shot when a gunman opened fire on a Madden NFL gaming tournament this weekend in Jacksonville.
The shooting has rattled the tight-knit community of Madden NFL players and fans, many of whom witnessed the rampage or saw it broadcast in real time on a Twitch livestream.
On Monday, officials released the names of those killed in the attack as Elijah Clayton and Taylor Robertson.
But in posts on social media, friends and fellow Madden pros had already identified the victims as fellow gamers.
Eli Clayton was a 22-year-old gamer known as Trueboy, or simply True, and had a reputation for being "consistently one of the best in competitive Madden."
Surrounded by relatives, including Clayton's mother and mother, his cousin read from a family statement, saying the 22-year-old was loved by friends and family.
"As you can imagine we are all devastated by yet another senseless act of gun violence," Brandi Pettijohn, Clayton's cousin, said. "Every person who has stood in this position has said that they never thought that this would happen to their family. We're no different."
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