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Posted: 2018-08-27T09:00:14Z | Updated: 2018-08-27T09:00:24Z Read The Harrowing Tweets Jacksonville Shooting Victim Sent From The Scene | HuffPost

Read The Harrowing Tweets Jacksonville Shooting Victim Sent From The Scene

"I will never take anything for granted ever again," wounded gamer Drini Gjoka wrote.

One of the gamers wounded in Sunday’s mass shooting in Jacksonville , Florida sent a series of harrowing tweets from the scene as shots rang out around him.

At least two people were killed by the gunman, who then killed himself during the attack on a video game tournament. 

Eleven others were injured, including gamer Drini Gjoka , who was grazed in the hand by a bullet. Early in the day, Gjoka thanked his YouTube followers and optimistically reported his progress in the Madden ’19 championship series tournament

Just 15 minutes later, the 18-year-old gamer reported the shooting: 

 

Then: 

Last year, Gjoka became the youngest-ever winner of an EA Sports Madden NFL Championship Series belt. He told EA Sports at the time that he hoped to become a professional Madden NFL gamer .  

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