"Police: 8-year-old shoots, kills elderly caregiver after video game"
By: Lauren Russell
Source: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/25/us/louisiana-boy-kills-grandmother
A small eight-year-old
boy shot and killed his elderly caregiver in the head on Thursday evening in
Slaughter, Louisiana after playing a violent video game. The victim was
eighty-seven year old Marie Smothers. She turned out to be the boy’s
grandmother. The gun belonged to Smothers and the boy’s father also stated that
the gun belonged to Smothers. No news has been released to where the gun was
placed or if it was near the boy. The boy told investigators that he accidently
shot her in the head while playing with it but authorities believe it was
intentional. Neighbors state that the neighborhood is a safe quiet place and
are curious as to why precautions have not taken place. Since the boy is only
eight-years-old he will not face any charges. Under Louisiana law, a child
under ten is free from criminal responsibility. The press thinks that the
violent virtual world in the child’s game may have triggered him to shoot his
grandmother.
It is said that the
boy was playing “Grand Theft Auto IV' on his PlayStation III. This game is
rated M for mature audience only. It is intended for seventeen-years-old and up
and an eight-year-old was playing it. This game involves a bunch of shooting,
killing, and stabbing. The players receive points for killing which encourages
them to kill more people. He was playing this game right before the murder
happened. Adam Lanza, the shooter of the killing at Sandy Hook Elementary, was
obsessed with violent video games. Violent video games have been and still are
a huge problem and are controversial. People have been and still are killing people. The number of people dying because of being killed in the USA is high and at stake. Are violent video games the cause of all
the killings happening throughout the world?
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