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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Good for your son and a tribute to you as parents.
My grandson wants an iPad and iPhone. His parents said he could when he was able to pay for it himself so he came to me to intercede. Told him the same thing. The grandson is only over here one day once in a while. His life is very hectic and crammed full with school, lots of homework, Boy Scouts, track, bicycling and volunteer work so the few hours of quiet time by himself is something he really looks forward to.
Maybe she just told him it was time to quit playing the game and take a bath....
(We'll never know.)
Or the boy could have evil tendencies.
Here we go, debate, debate, debate, debate... till half of us are blue in the face and the other half are dead!!
Just take him out behind the barn and do what needs done.
I’m so furious I can barely stand to watch the news lately...
Jeesh already!
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.
Good for you and your son both, huldah1776!
The declaration means nothing. It is the standard thing that is said after every racially motivated murder if the perp is darker than the victim. It is actually a recorded message that plays automatically in every such circumstance.
Sorry. Wrong thread.
He sounds like a very good young man. Having a special occasional treat like that at Gram’s house is lots of fun.
Colt Detective Specials are single/double action revolvers.
He could easily have cocked the hammer by using both thumbs to do so, or he could have used both trigger fingers to pull the double action trigger. I suspect using both thumbs to cock the hammer first because it is easier.
8 year old boys can have considerable variety in size and strength.
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