An unfortunate gaming violence story
What you are about to read really happened. It doesn’t matter if it involves the nameless and the seemingly unimportant, it should be enough for you to know that it happened. A couple of days ago, a 17-year old shot his 22-year old brother in the chest in Montgomery, Alabama during an argument over a video game.
According to the local police, the shooting happened off Adeline Street, not far from Rosa Parks Avenue. Furthermore, the officers did not release both the suspect’s and victim’s names. They added however that the mother rushed the wounded brother to a local fire station for immediate treatment. The 22-year old victim currently has life-threatening injuries after sustaining a shot to his chest.
And that is all there is to this unfortunate story. While no specific game or platform was mentioned, the aforementioned news is a testament that things like this are beginning to occur on a regular basis.
We here at QJ are not saying that there is a direct link between playing videogames and the shooting. However as part of the industry, we can not help but be alarmed. We can only imagine that the gaming world would soon be again under attack and we can all just hope we survive this upcoming storm. Our hearts go to the wounded and the the family of the victim
Via WSFA
What you are about to read really happened. It doesn’t matter if it involves the nameless and the seemingly unimportant, it should be enough for you to know that it happened. A couple of days ago, a 17-year old shot his 22-year old brother in the chest in Montgomery, Alabama during an argument over a video game.
According to the local police, the shooting happened off Adeline Street, not far from Rosa Parks Avenue. Furthermore, the officers did not release both the suspect’s and victim’s names. They added however that the mother rushed the wounded brother to a local fire station for immediate treatment. The 22-year old victim currently has life-threatening injuries after sustaining a shot to his chest.
And that is all there is to this unfortunate story. While no specific game or platform was mentioned, the aforementioned news is a testament that things like this are beginning to occur on a regular basis.
We here at QJ are not saying that there is a direct link between playing videogames and the shooting. However as part of the industry, we can not help but be alarmed. We can only imagine that the gaming world would soon be again under attack and we can all just hope we survive this upcoming storm. Our hearts go to the wounded and the the family of the victim
Via WSFA