A survivor of the Jacksonville Landing mass shooting died in a single-car highway accident near his hometown in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Sunday morning, the Texas Department of Public Safety told KIII-TV.
Ryen Aleman, 25, from Robstown, Texas, lost control of his vehicle around 3:45 a.m. CT while traveling westbound on Texas state Route 44 in Corpus Christi. Aleman was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from his vehicle after it overturned several times into nearby railroad tracks, DPS told KIII-TV.
Aleman was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident is still under investigation.
Aleman, known by his gamertag "Badrep," was one of 117 gamers participating in the "Madden NFL 19" Classic qualifier at the GLHF Game Bar in Chicago Pizza in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 26, when a gunman opened fire, killing three and injuring 11.
Aleman told NPR he and another man hid from the shooter in a stall in the restrooms of Chicago Pizza, the entrances to which are inside of the game room.
The Jacksonville sheriff's office identified the shooter as 24-year-old David Katz, of Baltimore. Katz, known as "Bread" according to his peers, was a known elite-level Madden player who competed in the competition in Jacksonville on Aug. 25-26. Following his elimination from the tournament, Katz re-entered the restaurant and opened fire using a handgun he had purchased in Maryland several weeks before the incident. Police said Katz died at Chicago Pizza from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police identified the two dead in Jacksonville as Elijah "Trueboy" Clayton, 22, and Taylor "SpotMePlzzz" Robertson, 27. Clayton, from Calabasas, California, was the sixth-highest earner in Madden since the establishment of the Madden Championship Series. Robertson, from Ballard, West Virginia, won the "Madden NFL 17" Classic in December 2016.
