Jacksonville Shooting Suspect Had History of Mental Illness

Police investigate the scene of a fatal mass shooting at The Jacksonville Landing during a video game tournament, in Jacksonville, Fla on Aug. 26, 2018. Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP
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BALTIMORE—The suspect in a deadly shooting at a Florida video game tournament had previously been hospitalized for mental illness, according to court records in his home state of Maryland reviewed by The Associated Press.

Divorce filings from the parents of 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore say that as an adolescent he was twice hospitalized in psychiatric facilities and that he was prescribed antipsychotic and antidepressant medications.