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Video game violence? Man shoots son over console dispute

Posted Jan 6, 2008 at 5:17AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 Tags: Pennsylvania

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It's another case of violence related to video games - although this story may be more telling of the state of domestic affairs. In Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania, a man shot his son, effectively ending a dispute that started with an Xbox 360.

The argument started when a 17-year-old asked his father to take a look at his Xbox 360 console. His father, 60-year-old James Stanley Niedosik didn't want to and the argument started from there.

Somehow it escalated to the point where the son handed his father a .22 rifle, telling him to shoot him. Apparently the argument was heated enough for the father to comply, or at least to press the trigger accidentally.

No exact details have been revealed as to how it escalated or whether it was an accident or not. What's sure is, the boy has a .22 caliber bullet lodged in his skull and is currently heavily sedated in Lehigh Valley Hospital.

The father is currently in Monroe County Prison with a US$ 250,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, simple assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.

The son's mother believes the shooting was an accident as she wasn't there when the shooting happened and hasn't talked to her son yet:

One's in jail, one's in the hospital. I won't know exactly what happened until I talk to [my son]. He's incoherent yet; they have him heavily sedated.

Although the story involved a video game console, crediting it as the driving force of the violence may be unlikely as it seems it played no further role in the dispute other than as an arbitrary source of conflict, but perhaps future details will prove otherwise.

Via The Morning Call

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I wouldn't be suprise it went lik this.

Arument started and rose to the point:

Father : You'r not going to die if you don't have your cosole, now stop telling me I'ma bad father.

Son: Well you'de rather kill me than leave me without videogames, here's the rifle

Father: As you wish. Bang.... Damn, I was a bad father after all.

Ok stop making jokes about it. Anger is the plague of humanity, i always have and always been. Put it in the and of normal people and it always leads to tragedy (school shooting, murder suicide,... Put it in the hand of people with power and you get war (100 years war started mainly because a king refused to kneel before another in a tense situation)

So it rose to the point that one or the other talked about death, either the son asking not to live anymore, orthe father that threatens the kid who decided to be provocative about it. "Oh yeah, well just shoot me if you have the guts" And we all know the end.

# The MAIN point of the story... — lavino 2008-01-06 06:34

The guy who shot the gun is WAYYYY over 18 and is an adult! So what's the point again saying it affects the kid under 18??? If the son told him to eat sh*t will he really did it too?

# The point of the story we should all see: — Mic2000 2008-01-06 07:55

That the shooting has nothing to do with and XBOX360. Its all about the way people life. That these people can't communicate normally and already take out their guns is not normal. So as i sad, the problem lays in their way of living, the way they have been raised up, that is were the problem lays, offcourse its not the XBOX360, it could have been every specific object where the argument starts.

# the RED RING is at it again — invoked 2008-01-06 08:47

The flashing red lights must have hypnotized the Dad and sent him into a rage.

# ... — mohaas05 2008-01-06 09:37

this didn't even involve the console except for the fact the son asked his dad to look at it. In no way were any violent games or anything a part of this. Im suprised you guys would post this on here just because the words "xbox 360" showed up in the first sentence.

# LMAO!!!! — xXPedroMaxXx 2008-01-06 09:42

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! !!...

# roflcopter — blackmobb 2008-01-06 10:08

What can I say? At least he got a headshot... rofl

# omfg! — Metal Jody 2008-01-06 10:16

put this on CNN or something, not QJ. uuuh idiots

# ROFL — KevOne 2008-01-06 10:57

so thats the true effects of the RLOD xD

BOOM HEADSHOT

# . — mikekearn 2008-01-06 12:34

Maybe, but you can bet your ass it wouldn't have gotten nearly as much media attention as a violent outcome does.

# Blame it on the game. PFt.. — ShadeyProphet 2008-01-06 14:21

I think the point is, When you have such a large demographic "the gamer" you will find that large demographic will house all sorts of different people with different personalities.

The problem isn't video gaming. Or the draw to play violent game. The problem isn't even games themselves corrupting our minds. The problem Is simply when you have such a large population of gamers out there. you are going to have the same statistical crime rate out of that number of gamers then you would from any other statistical group.

To put it simply if the number of neural surgeons in the world was comparable to the number of gamers in the world, you would be hearing about neural surgeons maiming each other and breaking into pharmacies. The problem isn't gaming. The problem simply is a corrupt fractured modern society.

# Not funny, — DaMist 2008-01-06 15:42

Dysfunctional families or not, i really don't think this is a laughing matter specially when somebody's life could be lost here.

# um. — teh not so 1337 g@m3r 2008-01-06 18:04

1 of a few billion in the world. We'll get over it.

# mister common sense — demondirk 2008-01-07 05:43

i knew you dumb but sick too man your just very sad little man

# white trash? MCS — xLinkinwormx 2008-01-07 22:29

yar, white people dont kill each other as much as *****s! you *****es stab each other for the hell of it,

# Seriously!!!! — Misespieces 2011-01-09 03:46

THIS IS THE MOST HILARIOUS THING I HAVE EVER READ!!!
I really don't think the dispute is "effectively ended" between these two people since the son is still alive, and is probably angry from being shot.

also this is quite funny too...
"The son's mother believes the shooting was an accident as she wasn't there when the shooting happened and hasn't talked to her son yet"
I guess this mystery is solved.
Why would you even add that comment to this article... and what does this have to do with video games... NOTHING!!!

The only thing that ended me crying with laughter is reading about the boy getting shot in the head.

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