A Redondo Beach teenager won more than $1 million this past weekend in New York after placing third in the Fortnite World Cup Finals.

Shane “Epikwhale” Cotton took third, winning $1.2 million. He is 16 years old and from Redondo Beach, California. In fourth, Nate “Kreo” Kou, 18, from Parkland, Florida, won $1.05 million.

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