Sent i sidste måned var USA offer for endnu et skyderi, men denne gang skete det ved en eSportsturnering - mere specifikt en Madden NFL-turnering i Jacksonville, Florida, hvor to deltagere blev dræbt. EA har både kondoleret, og givet $1 million til de pårørende, men én overlevende vælger alligevel at sagsøge.
Hollywood Reporter kan fortælle at Jacob Mitch, der blev ramt to gange men overlevede skyderiet, sagsøger EA ved Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit i Duval County, Florida. Desuden sagsøger Mitch en række andre instanser, deriblandt Jacksonville Landings LLC.
Mitch sagsøger fordi han mener at blandt andet EA negligerede deres sikkerhedsansvar.
"Once a thriving and popular shopping, dining and tourist destination, The Landing has become a hub of dangerous, violent and too often, deadly activity," siger søgsmålet - der kritiserer stedet hvor turneringen blev afholdt.
Advokaten James Young siger:
"Like many of his friends, Jacob Mitich traveled to Jacksonville last weekend to do what he loved. He trusted the event host and organizers, and believed that he was walking into a safe space. That trust was shattered when shots rang out in an overcrowded, since-shut-down, non-permitted space. Combined with an alleged abject failure to provide adequate security, the result was tragic."