Teen Kills Mom for Taking Away His Video Game

He was probably one of those kids who couldn't read Harry Potter, etc., until they were ~13 for fear of distorting his personal reality/fantasy border.

And he did anyway. O.o My condolences to the dad/other siblings (assuming they're there, Had a case of tl;dr)
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
I think one thing people keep missing was; it wasn't just his mother he was after. He also shot his father, the man who protected him and court and supposedly got the judge to lower the sentence.
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That's what just gets me angry.

How can a father protect his own son who had just tried to kill him and succeded in killing his wife? If my son had done that, I would have just left him.

Anyways killing someone over a video game is a little to the extreme. I've heard of people crying and stuff, but this is just over the top. Personally, I believe he deserves the death penalty or atleast send him to a mental institution for help.
 
I'm not all that shocked, I mean it's pretty bad and stupid, but worse things have happened.
 
I love my Mario Kart, but if I got it taken away, I wouldn't shoot my mother?

This guy shouldn't get the death penalty, because that would mean that he doesn't suffer. No, 23 years is pretty good, if not longer.


And also, not surprised that it was Halo that was taken away. Argh.
 
Wow, that is extream. Thinking about it is one thing, but actualy doing it is...well, insane. I wouldn't be suprised if he had a serious mental issue.
 
OH. MY. GOD.

All I have to say is: Obsessed much? And I thought I was a video game junkie. But no, this takes it to a whole new level.

I bet it was all that violent video gaming that gave him the idea for shooting his mom. No wonder she took the game from him. I'd do the same thing, if I began thinking my child was getting violent thoughts from playing a game like "Halo". Even better, I wouldn't let my children play them at all. And yet I've bugged my own parents about being able to play those sort of games. Some big talker I am >.>

*sigh* These things happen, unfortunately.
 
I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH MY POKEYMANZ! -kills-

.... >_>

Man. Shows you what the world is coming to.. but I'm not surprised. In bad city areas over here, kids kill each other over things videogame related a LOT. Like stealing PS2, or games, or bad mouthing someone.. next thing you know, one of them is dead.
 
So sad. I dont see how people can really be shaped by a game to the point where they distort reality with fiction.
 
Now hold on, let's not fool ourselves into thinking that everything that video games do is honky doory. The industry has done plenty of hthings I am not proud of, and those kind of thigs get passed by because gamers are gamers. If this is ever to be taken as more than just a silly children's pasttime (which is why the media seems to latch on video game related news). then we should be able to fault video games at their core.

For example, certain games, such as early Manhunt games, are nothing but violent for violent's sake, without much regard to gameplay. Advertising at places chilren could easily see doesn't make things any easier. Parents take MUCH of responsibility for what content the children recieves, but let's not harp on the responsibility of the indistry.

That said, a damn shame what happend. Hope that game was worth it.
 
Somewhere in the world, there are idiots who are attacking the gaming industry over this.

幕之内 一歩 took the words right out of my mouth. It's a terrible tragedy that this mother lost her life, but ultimately it couldn't have happened had the kid been disciplined properly from the start, or if he had some kind of mental illness, been diagnosed/treated for it. Surely they must have noticed other things wrong before it got to the point of him shooting his mother.

Also, where'd he get the gun? Mom takes away Halo; kid pulls out gun and shoots her. You would think a gun would be hidden somewhere safe enough that there'd be time to notice the kid was going crazy and do something about it before he got to the gun.


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Giraffles <3 said:
I'm not all that shocked, I mean it's pretty bad and stupid, but worse things have happened.
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Because there are SO many worse things in the world than murdering the prime source of nourishment and one of the prime beings that raised you.

Think of something that's worse than intentionally killing a loved one over something as stupid as a video game being taken away at the age of 17 and get back to me.

Mage said:
That's what just gets me angry.

How can a father protect his own son who had just tried to kill him and succeded in killing his wife? If my son had done that, I would have just left him.

Anyways killing someone over a video game is a little to the extreme. I've heard of people crying and stuff, but this is just over the top. Personally, I believe he deserves the death penalty or atleast send him to a mental institution for help.
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I know! Seriously! I would never defend anyone -- be it a son of mine, my brother, or some other person I cared about -- who killed my wife claiming that they thought death wasn't real, despite being on this earth for seventeen years and having time prior to becoming obsessed with a video game to think that death wasn't real.

I think that's perhaps the dumbest excuse I've heard in a trial after watching some crazy trials in the past. Honestly, put him in jail for good.

~Fairytales said:
I think there is a connection in the game. As what i have researched in the Wikipedia:

Wikipedia:
Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie exclusively for the Xbox 360.
My Answer:
Read the word "first-person shooter". I think he was addicted in shooting some enemies in the game. So when he become angry i think he shoot his mother by accident? Because of anger..And yes. It would really affect the game. Especially the Company. There would be issues about this.

~Fairytales.
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By accident? You think picking up a gun and shooting someone with an intention is an accident? It isn't like he slipped for pulling the trigger and the bullet penetrated her on a limb. It was aimed at her head. Last I checked, pointing a gun at someone's head due to being enraged with not being able to play their precious game is far from accidental.

Britney's Circus said:
He is 17..... spooky and Halo is not violent. xD
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This post makes me lol. How is killing something, even if it's fictional, not violent? Common sense would tell you anything that involves a gun, even if it's a fictional game, involves a sense of violent activity. Saying that Halo isn't a violent game implies that you know little to nothing of the seriousness of killing something even if it's in a game.
 
By accident? You think picking up a gun and shooting someone with an intention is an accident? It isn't like he slipped for pulling the trigger and the bullet penetrated her on a limb. It was aimed at her head. Last I checked, pointing a gun at someone's head due to being enraged with not being able to play their precious game is far from accidental.
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As what as have others said before. They think that it have a mental disability. That's why i think he shoot his mother by accident. XD;;

~Fairytales.
 
~Fairytales said:
As what as have others said before. They think that it have a mental disability. That's why i think he shoot his mother by accident. XD;;

~Fairytales.
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As someone with a lot of expirience with firearms, it's pretty hard to accidently hit somebody. So what, He was pointing it at his mother or father and his finger slipped?

You shouldn't point a gun, loaded or unloaded, safety on or off in the general direction of anybody or an area where it could hit a person.

Plus, he shot his dad (non-lethally) and mom, hard to do it accidently twice in a 2-10 minute period.
 
You never know,
maybe he did not already like his mother,
maybe it was just one boiling point dat finally made something in his mind pop.
Whos to say someone won't kill someone because they salted there chips too much or splashed water on them.
This is not way human psychology works, a boy will not just kill his mother for taking his game.
And shame on parents for keeping firearms where a youth could obtain them.
Zis what Misha thinks.
 
Not even a mental retard would commit this kind of matricide. What does that make that guy now?

At this rate, Africa will probably be safer than the US. Why? Because of some of the technological infatuation. That guy needs to get a wake up slap (or 1000).
 
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