8-Year-Old Boy Shoots Grandmother In Head After Playing GTA IV

Nicktrance · August 25, 2013

Police have surmised that the death of a 90-year-old woman at the hands of an eight-year-old boy due to a fatal gunshot wound to the head was due to the boy playing Rockstar Games'Grand Theft Auto IV. The boy had recently finished playing the game and then went over and picked up a loaded gun that was lying around in the house and shot the woman dead.

According to a Sky report with an "accurately slanted view" which seems to leave a lot of key details out intentionally, the 90 year old woman was... slaughtered in Slaughter, Luisiana due to an "aggressive tendency" from an 8 year old boy after having played GTA IV.

Sheriff's deputies have not revealed a motive but they pointed out the child was playing the video game before the fatal shooting.

The boy himself states that he accidentally shot the woman after playing with a gun he spotted lying about. Police and therapists however believe it was an intentional, evil act committed as a result of playing a violent game.

Here are a few quotes from child psychologist Kristopher Kaliebe:

"From a behaviour therapy perspective, I would say that's practising.

"So if you have a video game where someone shoots at a target, that's sort of practising shooting at a target.

"When you have a video game that is shooting at a human being, that is practising shooting at a human being."

So with his logic, playing a game with guns is training for shooting real people, just like playing a football video game will make you win the real world cup single handedly and racing an F1 game makes you completely able to take down the likes of Vettel and Alonso.

Since he's under the age of 10 the boy will not be charged with criminal responsibility and is under the care of his, extremely responsible parents.

No mention was made in the article of why he actually had a loaded gun which he "spotted" at home, that is, of course, completely irrelevant, nor is the fact that his parents bought him a game which was rated M, completely not part of this agenda, it's all because of the video games which are obviously simulators used by people training to commit genocide.

Source: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/8-Year-Boy-Shoots-Grandmother-Head-Playing-GTA-IV-58564.html

I have nothing to add to this story other than I feel really sorry that a woman had to die because of terrible parenting and that the kid is still under their custody doesn't bode well for his upbringing.

Samdb · August 25, 2013

This has already been posted; please use the search function.

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Nicktrance · August 25, 2013

This has already been posted; please use the search function.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/49825-8-year-old-boy-shoots-grandmother-after-playing-gta-4/

I just searched the News section .