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Police have identified the suspect in a mass shooting at a video game tournament in Florida that was partially captured on a horrifying livestream.

David Katz, 24, killed himself and two others, and left 11 people injured in the chaotic shooting at the Jacksonville Landing complex in Jacksonville at around 1.34pm on Sunday, police said.

David Katz, 24, (above) killed himself and two others, and left 11 people injured

According to friends in the gaming community, the two men that Katz killed in the tournament were Taylor ‘SpotMePlzzz’ Robertson, 27, of Ballard, West Virginia and Eli ‘Trueboy’ Clayton, 22, of Woodland Hills, California.

Robertson was married and father to a young son, and had won 13 out of his 18 prior matches in Madden NFL tournaments, according to EA Sports. Clayton was a rising star in the Madden community.

Police have not yet confirmed the identities of the deceased victims. Local media, including the Miami Herald and ActionNewsJax, have named Robertson and Clayton as the deceased victims, after members of the Madden gaming community posted numerous online tributes.

An official close to the investigation said that the gunman killed himself with the semi-auto handgun used in the shooting, which had a laser sight.

A livestream of the tournament caught the chilling moment that a laser landed on Clayton’s chest before shots rang out.

Nine of the non-fatal injuries were gunshot wounds and two were sustained while fleeing the chaos, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said.

Jacksonville Madden shooting timeline

Saturday, August 25: David Katz, from Baltimore, arrives at the Madden 19 regional tournament in Jacksonville.

Sunday, August 26: Katz returns for the second day of the tournament wearing the same clothes as Saturday, and acting ‘weird’, a witness says. He is eliminated and returns with a gun.

1.34pm, August 26: The first 911 calls come in reporting gunshots in Jacksonville Landing.

1.36pm: The first officers arrive on the scene. They find three dead, including Katz, who is identified as the shooter.

4.30pm: SWAT teams finish clearing the shopping center.

7.30pm: Federal agents stage to raid Katz’s family home in Baltimore.

Florida Governor Rick Scott visited several of the injured on Sunday night, including Timothy ‘OLarry2k’ Anselimo, who was expected to recover after being shot in the chest and hand.

Williams said that Katz is from Baltimore and had traveled to Jacksonville for the Madden 19 video game tournament. His car was seized by police near the scene.

About 150 gamers competed in the competition for a $5,000 prize. The winner was set to go on to a finals tournament in Las Vegas with a $125,000 prize.

One of the gamers to defeat Katz in the tournament told ActionNewsJax that Katz was acting ‘weird’ on Sunday and wearing the same clothes he wore yesterday, the first day of the tournament.

The gamer said that when he beat Katz on Saturday in the pool round, he tried to shake his hand, but that Katz just stared blankly.