Teen Killed After Using App To Track Smartphone

[jos]

A Canadian teenager, Cook was shot and killed Sunday after an attempt to recover his lost smartphone. Cook traced the missing phone to a parking lot and headed there at around 5AM Sunday. He had the sense not to go alone; his sister is believed to have accompanied him. But when the pair arrived, they quickly got into an altercation with three men in a parked car. As Cook went to retrieve his phone, the car began driving away. That's when everything went very bad, very quickly.  Cook leapt onto the driver side door and held on as the vehicle began moving. Within seconds, multiple shots were fired, and when police arrived, Cook was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

 

All our phones comes with features to track the lost phone. The Big question is, Is it worth risking life? It can be a theif, a gang member, It could be anyone. So is it worth it?

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/teen-shot-killed-after-using-app-track-smartphone-police-say-n377331

[AlwaysFSX]

You know, if you can track it to the car, you can track it after it leaves..

[smoggeh]

When people think they can fill the role of the police.

[Biggerisbetter]

When you do dumb sh!T, dumb sh!t happens too you 

[Deletive]

Or you could have gotten the license plate.

[Sam Z Man]

This goes to show how much we are attached to our phones, people go batshit insane if they don't have them, and this guy just ended up being dead because of it.

[Trik'Stari]

......why not just call the police once you get to the point where you can say for certain where the phone is?

[AlwaysFSX]

......why not just call the police once you get to the point where you can say for certain where the phone is?

Or you could have gotten the license plate.

That's common sense, that's hard.

[SImoHayha]

He could of called the police......I mean that is enough evidence...

[TroubleKlef]

Yes. Running alongside a moving vehicle to retrieve your smartphone which you already able to track with ease was very smart.

[Notree]

This happened near me. Was talking about this yesterday with a friend. The kids dumb for chasing them. He should have got the license plate and reported it to the police.  Sad it was just over a phone. Knowing myself I prob would have done the same tho.. Not expecting to get shot over something so small..

[marldorthegreat]

Oh no, Americas batshit crazy politicians will now blame smartphones for all of the worlds problems. 

[syoumans54]

I think he was trying to get his phone back so he could call the police...

[Thorium19]

That's common sense, that's hard.

Sadly common sense is not really very common, it's only in the age of social media we hear about far more tales which feature a lack of common sense, as in this article. Really it should be called rational sense.

[Guest]

This is sad and all and thoughts go out to his family, but he should've known that when there are three guys in a car and one of you, it's not going to end well; no matter how big or tough you are. I put this down to either having no common sense, or just being too god damn obsessed with your mobile phone. 

[hal9001]

Backup your phone, buy a new one, restore the backup, remotely brick your phone so the thrives can't use it.

Then VIOLA!

Nothing lost except something that my warranty/provider insurance plan can handle.

[Yoinkerman]

......why not just call the police once you get to the point where you can say for certain where the phone is?

The RCMP doesn't care and won't do anything

[spartaman64]

......why not just call the police once you get to the point where you can say for certain where the phone is?

i think that was his plan to get his phone back so he can call the police

[Trik'Stari]

The RCMP doesn't care and won't do anything

....they don't care about theft? The f**k kind of police are they?

[SkywardKkalox]

He had 2 options imo.

Either call the police, or go Full GTA on them.

 

Jokes aside, it shows how much we have become attached to devices.

[SkywardKkalox]

....they don't care about theft? The f**k kind of police are they?

Oh trust me. Here in greece if you submit a ticket for theft or even robbery they are like, meh ok we will investigate it Soon™

[Trik'Stari]

Oh trust me. Here in greece if you submit a ticket for theft or even robbery they are like, meh ok we will investigate it Soon™

....yes but in this case, he could have clearly said "there are the thieves right there, there's no investigation, arrest them and it's pure win for you without doing any work".

 

And people call the US crazy

[tmoto2]

Come on guys you are all arguing like it's his fault.
He probably didn't know they had guns. He probably didn't think it would be possible to get shot.

[SkywardKkalox]

....yes but in this case, he could have clearly said "there are the thieves right there, there's no investigation, arrest them and it's pure win for you without doing any work".

 

And people call the US crazy

*We will come to you after we finish our coffee*~typical greek PD.

[SkywardKkalox]

Come on guys you are all arguing like it's his fault.

He probably didn't know they had guns. He probably didn't think it would be possible to get shot.

That's just ignorance. The world isn't all flowers and stuff. He should be ready for everything.