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Xbox Murder: Man Kills Acquaintance While Playing Videogame
By NewYork on 27/04/2009 at 08:21:48 - 4 comments
Source - Chicago Sun-Times
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Shot him in the back of the head

Joseph Johnson, aged 28, from Chicago, is facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing a man while they played games together on an Xbox 360.

Johnson and Danny Taylor, aged 24, were allegedly playing video games at an apartment when tension escalated and they got into a fight. This led to Johnson allegedly shooting Taylor in the back of the head.

Taylor's girlfriend found the victim dead at his home on April 5th. Before entering, she saw the suspect running out of the door with a gun in his hand. She found Taylor with gunshot wounds in the back of his head: the joypad was still in his hand, and the game still running, say the police.

Sources reckon the game being played at the time of the murder was possibly "Call of Duty": a game which tasks players with violently shooting each other in a tense war-like situation.

According to Chicago police, Johnson was also wanted on a North Carolina fugitive warrant.


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HairyArse - on 27/04/2009 at 16:14 wrote:

Whoah, 32 comments on N4G.

http://n4g.com/NewsCom-318300.aspx

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NewYork - on 27/04/2009 at 16:27 wrote:

The guy who said the article has a "few floors" makes some good points, actually :)

Just to confirm: according to the chick, they were all playing games together. The woman left the house for a while, and then came back to this scene.

So the theory that the killer just came in and killed the guy on the spot is probably out.

But, yeah COD ain't multiplayer (locally) so the argument probably wasn't over winning/losing :)

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HairyArse - on 27/04/2009 at 19:50 wrote:

Fuck this just became the third most read article of all time on AATG.

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NewYork - on 28/04/2009 at 13:35 wrote:

And no legit comments! Go figure!

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