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Florida video game gunman's dark obsession with hobby

August 28, 2018 4:09 pm

A gunman who attacked a Florida video game tournament was so obsessed with his pastime he would refuse to bathe or go to school, say court records.

David Katz, 24, had a history of mental illness, according to his parents’ divorce filing in his home state.

His mother once confiscated his console and locked it in her room, and he punched a hole in the door, she said.

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Katz killed two people in the city of Jacksonville on Sunday before fatally shooting himself, police say.

According to court papers in Maryland, he had a longstanding feud with his mother, and had twice been hospitalised for mental illness.