14-Year Old Kills Father for Taking Keyboard Away

[Yegargeburble]

I hope he was playing 'Putt Putt goes to the Moon' or something.
Otherwise the media is going to have a field-day with this.

The kid was obviously unhinged, and without knowledge of how this kid was raised, there are any number of reasons he's a little psychopath. But of course: They'll point at games.

Agreed. At the point that you bash someone's skull open with a sledgehammer, there is something seriously wrong with you.

 

[Kimarous]

In Soviet Russia, keyboard smashes you...?

In any case, tragic event. Hope the bugger gets punished appropriately.

 

[likalaruku]

My guess would be that he is playing video games endlessly to escape some real-world problems, that he was already mad at his father, & that the keyboard was just the final blow for him.

 

[Alexnader]

He was most likely sleep deprived and any 14 year old who'll sit down and play video games for a week straight probably had some issues already. Obsessive game playing was likely a symptom of some other problem rather than a direct cause.
The kid lashed out after having something important to him taken away... probably a majority of kids would throw a tantrum or something, the crazy bit is how far he went.

/shudder

Also it'd be nice if the article gave some more information than just "played games for a week".

 

[TheFacelessOne]

"In Soviet Russia..."

Hmm...can't think of anything...

Oh!

"Keyboard presses SPACE on you!"

...

Doesn't make much sense.

OT: This is really sad, and that kid should be thrown into jail. Jeez, psychos...

 

[Dogstile]

As he was Russian, I blame the fact that the kid was probably vodka'd up. You guys know its true XD

 

[Blatherscythe]

Holy shit! He snuck into his parents room, beat his father over the head twice with a sledgehammer which kills him, leaves the body and his terrified mom, takes his keyboard and goes back on his computer. This kid is seriously messed up, that poor mother!

 

[Mykonos]

What is he Czernobog reincarnate? (cookie for spotting the reference).

Neil Gaiman's masterpiece American Gods.

I just had a nostalgia seizure...

 

[Mykonos]

"In Soviet Russia..."

Hmm...can't think of anything...

Oh!

"Keyboard presses SPACE on you!"

...

Doesn't make much sense.

OT: This is really sad, and that kid should be thrown into jail. Jeez, psychos...

Too bad the dad didn't Alt+Esc and NumLock that boy in his Home.

 

[Marmooset]

The father definitely should not have flagged.

 

[MoochmasterP]

I believe the fact that he carried on with his game playing is going to keep me from sleeping tonight. ._.

 

[Sylocat]

The boy currently resides in a pre-trial detention center; under Russian law he is old enough to be charged with murder.

Well to be honest..good.

Hear here.

 

[Starke]

Holy crap.

He just went back to playing his video games after killing his own father???

I have to admit, I could never imagine myself doing such a thing...

Good, that means you're, you know, a member of the human race, and not a sociopath.

edit: hmmm...

I hear a lot of people saying that people are going to point towards violent videogames as a cause... but I dunno, I think in a way it could be blamed on video games, actually, but not in the way that violent video games specifically has caused this...

I have more of a feeling that this is a really really serious case of addiction to video games, coupled with some serious psychological issues.

The problem, I think, doesn't lie in the fact that said video game was violent or not, but just by the fact that he obviously wanted it so badly that he would kill his own father for it. People shouldn't just use it as another excuse to try and ban video games... We need to work out how the child got into such an emotional state, and furthermore how he got so addicted to the thing in the first place. Just trying to ban the games won't work - such a thing won't happen anyway. What can happen, and I would like to see happen, is analysis on what kind of behaviour we need to look for, and how we can help the person affected by the video games before he/she turns violent and/or starts to neglect their day-to-day needs like sleep, food, etc.

This is an excellent analysis, honestly. We tend to get into the venue of banning, when someone ignores this type of analysis and decides to use events like these to score political points.

 

[Hazy]

Blame Manhunt.

We will do no such thing.

Anyway, the kid's a loony. Anyone who kills their father and then returns to their business is proof enough of that.

Funny how the mother decided to phone relatives first, though.
I guess the fact that her son was now legally a murderer wasn't really a top priority.

 

[Angelcraft]

The poor kid was just unstable. Grant it, video games did not help the matter, but the child would have likely killed his pop even if he had taken away his favorite toy, or something of that callibur. Put the nut in the mental ward and look into the matter more deeply that "Video Games Are Evil." Did the father beat the child, was he neglected, how old was he when he started playing games, what sort of games was this 14-year-old playing? Ask the questions and others and see if a defined answer is given.

 

[Angelcraft]

Blame Manhunt.

We will do no such thing.

Anyway, the kid's a loony. Anyone who kills their father and then returns to their business is proof enough of that.

Funny how the mother decided to phone relatives first, though.
I guess the fact that her son was now legally a murderer wasn't really a top priority.

Manhunt got me through some tough times. That think KEPT me from killing people. Of course, that is crazy talk, but then again... humph... I am pretty loopy.

The kid was a nut. Plain as that.

 

[The_Echo]

I think he should undergo some psychological profiling before they make any judgement.

The kid may be absolutely bonkers and really fit more into an asylum than a jail.

 

[Se7enUpMustang]

great more ammo for the media to use against gaming.

 

[Litchhunter]

RUSSIA WAS MERLY A SETBACK!!!
(a cookie to whoever gets this reference)
OT: Yeah...im going to have a hard time sleeping tonight...

 

[derelict]

They're in Russia. Craaaaazy stuff happens there.

OT: That's really sad. One, because a man died because of a nutjob son who had severe problems.
two: because games/gamers will probably get the blame.

A nutjob son he raised. He's responsible for that child's development, or lack thereof. It's sad, but just because its an extreme case doesn't mean the father is simply an innocent death. 'Course, now, the child is the "man" of the house, so they may as well treat him as an adult in his trial. Or better still, just shoot the kid.

...or, I suppose they could spend years counseling and fostering a "troubled youth" just so he can go on a murder spree someday again. Call me skeptical, but I don't really think the kid is worth the effort, going off this report.