Kotaku: Shooting

Man Threatens to Blow-Up the Best Buy That Ran Out of Modern Warfare 3

Mike Fahey — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:20:00 EST

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If there's one thing I've learned in my years as a video game consumer, it's that terrorists threats don't speed up restock. It's a lesson Colorado's Loromin Sar missed, allegedly threatening to bomb a Best Buy and shoot its employees for not having his copy of Modern Warfare 3 in stock. More »

Online Gaming Friends of Oslo Suspect Say He Couldn't "Harm a Fly"

Brian Crecente — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:48:51 EDT

The 32-year-old man suspected of detonating a bomb in Norway's capital and going on a shooting spree in police garb, killing at least 87, was many things: He was a self-identified conservative Christian, farmer, body builder, hunter, freemason and gamer. More »

Man Pleads Guilty To Killing His Cousin Over Scarface: The World Is Yours

Mike Fahey — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:20:00 EDT

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22-year-old Alejandro Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, will spend the next 15 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2007 shooting death of his younger cousin over whose turn it was to play Scarface: The World is Yours. More »

Suspect Compares British Shooting Spree To Grand Theft Auto

Mike Fahey — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST

Qhuram Awan was either an unwilling hostage or a willing accomplice during Raoul Moat's 2010 crime spree that left one dead and two seriously wounded. Speaking to Newcastle Crown Court, Awan recalls the event was "like a video game." More »

Three-Year-Old Kills Herself With Game Controller-Shaped Gun

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EST

A three-year-old in Wilson County, Tennessee died Sunday evening after accidentally shooting herself in the abdomen with a weapon she may have mistaken for a plastic Wii facsimile. More »

Sailor Shot Dead During Video Game

Mike Fahey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EDT

A gaming session ended in death on Wednesday, as Clinton Echols allegedly pointed a gun at his fellow sailor and fired it while playing an unspecified military video game. More »

German Retailer Drops Violent Games In Wake Of Shootings

Mike Fahey — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:20:00 EDT

Following last week's tragic shooting rampage in Germany that left fifteen dead, German retailer Galeria Kaufhof is pulling violent films and games from their store shelves. More »

50 Cent II Impressions

fdemarco — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Wow, I'm not sure where to begin with this one. I'm not often overly critical of games, especially ones that haven't released yet, but I have to say here and now that I was very disappointed in the Fifty Cent game. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't what I was presented with. More »

15-Year-Old Killed For Not Passing Game

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:40:00 EDT

When 15-year-old Olivier Baptiste refused to hand over the video game he was playing to his 18-year-old friend William Suarez, Suarez pulled out a .32-caliber Smith and Wesson from his waistband and shot Baptiste in the head. This according to police, who have charged the alleged killer with manslaughter, illegal possession of a firearm, assault with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. More »

Texas Shooting 'Game Related'?

Maggie Greene — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:00:31 EDT

You have to love how vague this stuff is; to me, leaving off the 'And they were playing a video game' part wouldn't diminish the story at all. More »

Settlement Reached In PS3 Police Shooting

Mike Fahey — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:20:41 EST

The PlayStation 3 launch was a dark time for gaming. Robberies, fistfights, and of course, the tragic shooting of 18-year-old college student and suspected PS3 thief Payton Strickland, shot through his door as policeman Christopher Long allegedly mistook the sounds of a battering ram for gunfire. Now a year and three months from the December 1st 2006 shooting, the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office has agreed to a massive settlement with the victim's family, along with a taped apology from Sheriff Sid Causey.

"I am profoundly sorry," Causey said against a backdrop of the United States and North Carolina flags. "I cannot begin to imagine the immense sorrow the Strickland family must continue to feel, but they will forever be in my thoughts and prayers. It is my hope that the Strickland family will accept this apology and know that it is offered with compassion and sincerity."

Man Shoots Son Over Xbox 360 Argument

fdemarco — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:00:00 EST

As tragic as this sounds, the real story has got to be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. A young man (17) in Pennsylvania wanted his father to look at his Xbox 360 for some unknown reason and the father refused. An argument ensued resulting in the kid handing a rifle to his father and telling him to just go ahead and shoot him. So the father did. Now the kid is sedated in the hospital with a bullet lodged in his skull and the father is in jail. When asked about the situation, the boy's mother (and the man's ex-wife) said: More »

Confrontation Over Video Game Leads to Shooting

Kim Phu — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:40:00 EDT

Fresno police are still waiting for a 19 year-old man name Jonquel Brooks who they are in contact to turn himself in after last night's shooting at the University Village Apartments near Fresno State. More »

Breaking: IDIOT Thompson Blames Va Shooting on Games

Brian Crecente — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:20:20 EDT

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Clip: Battle Storm: Senko No Ronde

Kim Phu — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:40:00 EDT

Now this a game that the bums I sometimes call friends can sit down and be "entertained" by for at least a couple of hours after they go into a spacecake-induced coma while visiting me in Amsterdam. I, however, can appreciate it sober because I'm cool. More »

PlayStation 3 Shooting Investigation Still On

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:20:22 EST

North Carolina sheriff's deputy Christopher Long may not have been indicted by a grand jury for murder charges (the original indictment was due to a misfiled form) but that doesn't mean the investigation isn't going forward. The cop who fatally shot 18-year old PlayStation 3 robbery suspect Petron Strickland to death in his home could still face charges. More »

Charges Dropped in PS3 Shooting

Brian Crecente — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:18:01 EST

Color me speechless. More »

Former Deputy Charged in PS3 Shooting

Brian Crecente — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:00:16 EST

UPDATE: Charges have now been dropped due to a foreman's error. More »

PS3 Line Robbery Results in Shooting

Brian Crecente — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:08:28 EST

Two gunmen robbed a line of people waiting to buy the Playstation 3 outside a Wal-Mart store in Putnam, Connecticut early Friday morning, shooting one man for resisting, police there said. More »

Bogost Talks About Dawson Shooting

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:00:44 EDT

I posted an interesting Q&A with Danny LeDonne, the guy who created the Super Columbine Massacre RPG, earlier today. In it LeDonne talks about his reaction to finding out his game has been linked to the shooting spree at Dawson College in Montreal. More »

Feature: Columbine RPG Creator Talks About Dawson Shooting

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:00:24 EDT

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