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Eight-year-old shoots caregiver, 87, dead 'after playing Grand Theft Auto and tries to claim it was
Daily Mail ^ | 23 Aug 2013 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 08/24/2013 12:45:23 PM PDT by smokingfrog

An eight-year-old boy who allegedly shot dead his 87-year-old caregiver with her own gun had played a violent video game that awards points for killing people just minutes earlier.

The boy, who has not been identified, was playing Grand Theft Auto IV before shooting relative Marie Smothers in the back of the head as she watched television in her Louisiana mobile home on Thursday night.

The boy won't be charged for shooting Smothers, pronounced dead at the scene, because of his age.

The Colt .38-caliber Detective Special revolver he used belonged to Smothers, who lived in the Country Breeze Mobile Home Park near Slaughter, but it's not clear where she kept it, The Advocate reports.

He is now in the care of his parents, from East Baton Rouge Parish.

They have been ordered to appear in 20th Judicial District Court on Monday, The Advocate reports.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; secondamendment; videogame
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Boy, 8, 'intentionally shot his 87-year-old grandmother in the back of the head after playing violent video game Grand Theft Auto then tried to claim her death was an accident'

1 posted on 08/24/2013 12:45:23 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Yeah a back to the head shot is usually a accident! What a bunch of BS. where was the gun to begin with?


2 posted on 08/24/2013 12:49:07 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: smokingfrog

Yieks. Not a good week for the over 80’s crowd. FREEPERS over 80 please stay safe.


3 posted on 08/24/2013 12:49:10 PM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: smokingfrog

No correlation. Just a coincidence.


4 posted on 08/24/2013 12:49:25 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: smokingfrog

So, how many points did he get for the shooting?


5 posted on 08/24/2013 12:50:34 PM PDT by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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To: redreno

The trigger I would think would require more finger pressure than this kid could exhibit and still hit the target.


6 posted on 08/24/2013 12:54:14 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: smokingfrog

I guess I made the right decision not to allow my gaming son to play any mature games until he was 17. Now that I think of it, with him being a strong-willed child, I wonder how I won that battle year after year. Even at 18 it was only zombies and aliens he could take out. Now that he’s been to Afghanistan he won’t play the games.


7 posted on 08/24/2013 12:58:20 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: smokingfrog

The perverse bright side is this wasn’t another black-on-white hate murder.

Poor Grandmother...made it to 87 only to be killed by your own grandson. At least it was mercifully instantaneous.

We didn’t allow GTA in our house...in fact, no video game at all until our youngest was 18 and going away to college.


8 posted on 08/24/2013 1:01:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: George from New England

Typically about a 12lb trigger pull double action or 4lb single action. An 8 year old could certainly do it.

Do they shoot people execution style in GTA? I’m guessing they probably do.


9 posted on 08/24/2013 1:02:30 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Yep.

You can also pick up a hooker and kill/rob her when your done, such a great role model for kids. not.


10 posted on 08/24/2013 1:04:38 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: smokingfrog

At 8 years old I knew not to shoot someone in the back of the head.

In my day the evil games were “Mortal Kombat” and “Lethal Enforcers.” Later it was Doom and Wolfenstein. I wouldn’t let an 8 year play those either.


11 posted on 08/24/2013 1:13:38 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: smokingfrog

I think I already owned at least one gun by the time I was 8.


12 posted on 08/24/2013 1:19:45 PM PDT by ansel12 (Obama-[obamacare] "used to be a Republican idea. ThereÂ’s a governor of Massachusetts who set it up.)
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To: George from New England

Extra points for degree of difficulty?


13 posted on 08/24/2013 1:25:53 PM PDT by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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To: smokingfrog
He is now in the care of his parents, from East Baton Rouge Parish.

They have been ordered to appear in 20th Judicial District Court on Monday,

Also, they are looking for a babysitter while they are in court, if anyone is interested.

14 posted on 08/24/2013 1:28:18 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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You bad.
I chuckled; me bad.
RIP, Mrs Smothers.


15 posted on 08/24/2013 1:37:04 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

When my youngest grandson is visiting one of the things he looks forward to doing is spending time with the XBox. He has every auto racing game ever made and can sit for hours choosing, tinkering with and redesigning one car. Maybe one lap around the track or road course to see how it performs and then back to the tinker stage again. He has learned a lot about wind shear, aerodynamic design and application of mathematical information in the process.

He knows everything there is to know about every car made and wants to go to Europe and design cars after college. We do have one other game - Tetris - which he calls the Grandma game. Did talk him into playing once but never again.

We have guns in the house but no games with guns nor would I allow any either.


16 posted on 08/24/2013 1:41:42 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: smokingfrog
Boy, 8,playing violent video game Grand Theft Auto

There's the key........

I am no fan of video games for children, period!

17 posted on 08/24/2013 1:43:45 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (')
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To: Grams A

Because we had no video games, the kids spent all their time outdoors with friends and pick-up games of various sports. I don’t regret keeping the games out of the house one bit. My son bought his own xbox at 18, took it to college, and sold it after only two years. I was very impressed with that decision.

To each his own.


18 posted on 08/24/2013 1:54:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: eartrumpet

The parents could likely be partly to blame. Maybe they often left the boy with his grandmother and he disliked being there with someone so elderly.


19 posted on 08/24/2013 1:59:34 PM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: angry elephant

Or the boy could have evil tendencies. One of my nephews, when very young, was like that. He’d be at a family get-together at a wealthy relative’s home, and mention to his cousins he was wondering what he should break. And he did break stuff. Now he’s a late teen, and into gang activities.


20 posted on 08/24/2013 2:14:39 PM PDT by roadcat
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