Sunday 25 August 2013

Boy, 8, played violent video game, killed 90-year-old woman — but will NOT be charged: cops.

The video game “Grand Theft Auto IV” - released by Rockstar Games - is blamed by critics for promoting violence.


Police believe an 8-year-old boy intentionally killed his 90-year-old caregiver when he shot her in the back of the head while she watched television inside the mobile home.

An 8-year-old boy intentionally killed a 90-year-old woman when he shot her in the head inside a Louisiana mobile home after playing a violent video game, police said.
But the child won’t be charged with a crime.

The boy fatally shot his elderly caregiver, Marie Smothers, after playing “Grand Theft Auto IV” — a video game critics often blame for promoting violence — inside the mobile home at a Slaughter, La., trailer park Thursday evening, police said.

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