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Utah shooting to be blamed on video games?

Posted Feb 18, 2007 at 6:01PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: FBI
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Utah shooting - Image 1An 18-year-old teenager walked into a Utah shopping mall this week and shot nine people, killing five and wounding four. The suspect, a Bosnian immigrant named Sulejman Talovic, walked into the Trolley Square shopping mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, armed with a .38-caliber pistol, a shotgun, a backpack full of ammunition, and fired blindly into the crowd. The FBI said that there was no reason to believe that the suspect was motivated by religious extremism or terrorism.

Talovic lived in a tiny ranch house with his family; parents Suljo and Sabira Tolavic and three younger sisters. Neighbors describe the lanky Talovic as a loner who's always dressed in black. The Talovic family fled Bosnia for Utah in 1998. Sulejman's aunt, Ajka Omerovic, in retaliation to people tying their religion to her nephew's acts said, "we are Muslims, but we are not terrorists."

Citizens freely trade their views on the issue. It must be remembered that throughout the years, the issue of teenage gunfiring has stirred up some quite contrasting opinions. Outspoken citizens have expressed their concern, also, that the issue might be used by some politically-inclined individuals to advance their agenda.

Some gamers and non-gamers alike are only happy to put out that the blame must not be placed on the computer game industry and on computer games, but rather, on the suspects themselves. The gaming community now holds its breath over a possible barrage of blame to be poured on their industry.

Via ABC News



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# oh realy?Guest 2007-02-18 19:48
police already confirmed that the guy wasn't a gamer. He didn't have a computer or console...





QJ, stop posting up this stuff, or AT LEAST get the facts right... like kotaku...

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# LiveDark246 2007-02-18 20:46
i can highly doubt that. i live in utah, and i go to that mall, so it was pretty scary.

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# ALLGuest 2007-02-18 21:14
ALL MUSLIMS MUST DIE THEM *****es

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# .Guest 2007-02-18 21:16
i say stick all muslims in the oven on gas mark 5!!

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# The scary truthGuest 2007-02-18 21:28
Is that the US law makers would sooner take computer games than guns from the public to protect themselves because deep down they're all a bunch of gun loving rednecks.

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# BahGuest 2007-02-18 21:44
I live 13 minutes from TSM. He was just a loner psyco suffering for PTSS from leaving a worn torn country. Where, ANYWHERE, did he say that he was playing Doom and decided to go shoot people.

He was just a psyco.

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# truthGuest 2007-02-18 22:23
no, the fact is that its an amendment, the right to bare arms. if you take one amendment away then whos to say you cant take away another? like, i dunno, freedom of speech or artistic expression?

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# haGuest 2007-02-18 22:24
he probably went out and spent 600 bucks on a console that sucked and went crazy with shame, or maybe got all retard strong and stuff you know?

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# ps3 is noobGuest 2007-02-18 23:00
yea yea like the Incredible Hulk, but only stupider!!

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# Some things never change..Guest 2007-02-18 23:44
This had NOTHING to do with the video games. The guy wasn't a gamer, that part of his background was checked. But, of course, people always need the reason to explain some behaviors - in this case, they want to blame games, and then if possible, his nationality or religion. Considering the campaign Jack Thompson is leading, his goal is to connect every crime with anything that has something to do with video games and gaming industry in general. But, there's nothing to be connected here with. This guy did this from some other reasons - and those are not video games, nor his nationality or religion. He just went crazy from reasons only known to him only, and unfortunately we will never be sure why he did what he did.



RIP for the victims.



@Spencer: You know, it's because people like you that Europeans think you're a nation of retards. But, once you dig in deeper, one can see that it's the retards that are leading your country and spilling out all those brave words about other religions, nations, democracy and "God-given right to defend ourselves (and police the whole world while we're at it)", while the sons and daughters of normal, everyday people are dying in Iraq (and all over the world) so your president can get a few extra barrels of gasoline for you to pour into your Jeep while ridin' trough the Texas and listenin' to some Nazi-rock.

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# To BosnianGuest 2007-02-19 01:05
I agree with you on most of your post but please don't criticize other people about being retarded if you can't even spell "Through" right.

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# wGuest 2007-02-19 02:11
If he was a gamer, he would've killed more. When I go on a killing spree in GTA or some other game, I usually score more than five kills.

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# yeah..sortaGuest 2007-02-19 04:28
Not really but 50 cents, Bull, and other games are something t o do with that because they are cold heart and very sick games. It can make people increase more idiots and ridiculous!

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# haahhhaGuest 2007-02-19 05:47
He probably played a lot of Dead Rising. I wouldn't doubt it. Just look at how many of you losers dress up in Halo suits and put zelda tattoos on your arms. Obviously you guys don't know the difference between video games and reality.

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# ignorant *****sGuest 2007-02-19 07:08
And you wonder why people get shot. It's because he was tormented by people like you. YOU go into to other countries and enforce your own rules. They don't like it, go insane, and ***** you all over.



You deserved to be one of those shot by him.

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# ...Guest 2007-02-19 07:55
maybe because he's not english? why won't you speak spanish or french instead? oh, i can see why... most americans are retarded. (most...)

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# hmmGuest 2007-02-19 08:29
It's already been stated he didn't own a console or a pc...

And to those blaming the guns.. did they turn him evil? did they kill those people themselves? Absolutely not.

Guns are harmless until someone points that gun and pulls the trigger. The right to keep and bear arms is our Second Amendment right and if you're going to take that away..Whats going to stop liberals and the government from taking the rest.

The constitution isn't a pick and choose document...All freedoms and rights it guarantees should be upheld.

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# so what ... he wears all blackHakatoX 2007-02-19 09:20
I really hate it when they say it as a key point of some sort . that he wore all black .....what does that have to do with anything





this story was written to the style to rally up troops and scrutinize others

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# although it's provenHakatoX 2007-02-19 09:22
Its a proven fact that the levels of testosterone in a male doubles when in possesion of a weapon

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# The TruthGuest 2007-02-19 09:28
I have to argee with you, I'm a Iraqi Muslim, I have a few American friends in London but I'm not stating that all Americans are like this but you have to admit that a high amount of them have burdens of such racism. Even through one can see what is leading them into this such behavour, it is known that these types of behavours and burdens are caused by the so called "Rednecks". I think every country just needs to worry about itself, eg. London there has been 5 killings in about 4 weeks, In American, I don't know but whenever I watch Fox News on my computer, there is always something about a "Black male, shot dead by NY Officers" or "Rampage in Salt Lake City", one can assume is the weapons that are on their markets. If anyone watched last weeks Top Gear, they went to South of North America and they have been theaten if they didn't go out of town they'll be shot, they were told by car dealers if they went to this street they'll get shot at 100%.



We need to stop these burdens in our own countrys rather than other countrys. After your country has really low crime rates, than maybe go worring about some other country, If this happens, we will be safe going outside and not worring about terrorist or such. Maybe if those losers running countrys like America or England etc, do this, they might be called Heros rather than "retards" etc.



Work together rather than picking on one another!

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# This "article" is non-applicable to this siteGuest 2007-02-19 19:03
He probably blamed Hollywood for the Muslim image. Anyway, the problem with Europeans is they have become weak and shallow and afraid of Muslims. That's why they talk trash against Christians when Europe used to be Christian itself. The problem is not with "rednecks", it is with liberals and the Jewish elite who control our government. They are hypocrites because they don't defend their old country, Israel, and rather side with Muslim terrorists than protect our rights under the banner of political correctness and expedience.

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# I live in utah, tooGuest 2007-02-20 11:05
I live in utah as well and am almost positive this complete crap. I've heard from multiole news agencies that the shooter didn't own any video games. I heard a caller on a local news radio blame it on video games... think about it people. This happened in the 70s with Rock and roll music. This phase of scapegoating Video Games as the reason for violence will pass.

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# *khm khm*Guest 2007-02-21 00:17
Ever heard of a term called "typo"? Just because I misspelled the word, my opinion is not worthy anymore? x_X

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# yeahGuest 2007-03-01 10:58
this kid must of been a nØØb

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