DFA monitoring Filipino community after Florida mass shooting
MANILA, Philippines — Authorities are still in the process of identifying victims after a mass shooting in Jacksonville Landing, Florida that left three people dead and 11 others wounded, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.
Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez has reported to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetanp that the Philippine Consulate in Miami has not received any report of Filipino casualties so far.
The DFA is currently monitoring the situation of the Filipino Community in the area after the shooting that occurred at a video game tournament.
Data shows that an estimated 13,700 Filipinos reside in Florida's 4th congressional district, inluding Jacksonville.
According to authotrities, the gunman opened fire inside a gaming bar, where the tournament was being held, before shooting and killing himself.
"The motive behind the shooting is still being investigated," the DFA said.
Meanwhile, heavily armed agents have entered a Baltimore townhouse, the home of the father of the suspect in a deadly shooting at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said investigators believe 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore was the shooter in an attack Sunday afternoon that left three people dead, including the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Eleven others were reported injured.
An FBI spokesman, Dave Fitz, confirmed agents had gone to the upscale townhouse home. But he did not immediately release any other specifics, citing an ongoing investigation.
The agents could be seen inside the home Sunday evening near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. They wore bulletproof vests and carried long guns. Reporters who gathered outside did not see any authorities carrying any bags of evidence outside. — with the Associated Press
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