Man Kills Child Over Video Game

That must have been one hell of a game Tyrone Spellman was playing when his daughter pulled on the cords of his console and interrupted his playing. Maybe he was having a really good run with the game so when his 17-month old daughter Alayiah pulled the cords and caused his console to fall, he was mad enough to punch the little girl…twice. Sound reasonable? Hell no.

Tyrone Spellman was known to be a good, non-violent husband and father to their neighbors at 1500 block of 29th Street, North Philadelphia. This is why the news came as a shock to those who knew the couple, as they knew Spellman as someone who would never harm a child, much less commit murder.

Mia Turman, the child’s mother, left Alayiah with her husband and when she came back to check on their daughter, she asked her husband why their child wasn’t breathing, and all Spellman reportedly said was “She’s breathing.” That’s when Turman called the police and the medics took Alayiah to Temple University Hospital, where the little girl was pronounced dead at 12:37 p.m.

According to Turman, not only did Spellman punch the little girl twice, he also could have slung their child over a chair. When asked why she thought his husband would do such a thing, she said that she will never understand why her husband did this and that there will never be a reason good enough to justify what Spellman did. Spellman was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child and possessing an instrument of crime. What instrument? We don’t know exactly. (Does the Xbox qualify as an instrument of crime???)

An NBC reporter said that there was a note on the door of the couple’s home, saying that the people shouldn’t judge Spellman because he’s a good man. But if that’s the case then, don’t you think it becomes all too easy to put the blame on video games and their addicting nature instead? Tsk Tsk. It’s news like this that give video games a bad rep. See, we have to remember that no matter how you turn it upside down, inside out, it still IS just a game folks. Real life – more important.

Via NBC

That must have been one hell of a game Tyrone Spellman was playing when his daughter pulled on the cords of his console and interrupted his playing. Maybe he was having a really good run with the game so when his 17-month old daughter Alayiah pulled the cords and caused his console to fall, he was mad enough to punch the little girl…twice. Sound reasonable? Hell no.

Tyrone Spellman was known to be a good, non-violent husband and father to their neighbors at 1500 block of 29th Street, North Philadelphia. This is why the news came as a shock to those who knew the couple, as they knew Spellman as someone who would never harm a child, much less commit murder.

Mia Turman, the child’s mother, left Alayiah with her husband and when she came back to check on their daughter, she asked her husband why their child wasn’t breathing, and all Spellman reportedly said was “She’s breathing.” That’s when Turman called the police and the medics took Alayiah to Temple University Hospital, where the little girl was pronounced dead at 12:37 p.m.

According to Turman, not only did Spellman punch the little girl twice, he also could have slung their child over a chair. When asked why she thought his husband would do such a thing, she said that she will never understand why her husband did this and that there will never be a reason good enough to justify what Spellman did. Spellman was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child and possessing an instrument of crime. What instrument? We don’t know exactly. (Does the Xbox qualify as an instrument of crime???)

An NBC reporter said that there was a note on the door of the couple’s home, saying that the people shouldn’t judge Spellman because he’s a good man. But if that’s the case then, don’t you think it becomes all too easy to put the blame on video games and their addicting nature instead? Tsk Tsk. It’s news like this that give video games a bad rep. See, we have to remember that no matter how you turn it upside down, inside out, it still IS just a game folks. Real life – more important.

Via NBC