This is way beyond obsession. A teenager, Daniel Petric, 17, killed his Mom and wounded his dad over the game, Halo 3 for Xbox 360.
Due to his obsession with the game, his father stopped him from playing Halo 3. However, instead of stopping, he plotted to killed both his parents.
Tried as an adult, Petric faces a maximum possible penalty of life in prison without parole.
From the report,
On the night of the shooting, Petric used his father’s key to open a lockbox and remove a 9 mm handgun and the game.
Mark Petric testified that his son came into the room and asked: ‘Would you guys close your eyes? I have a surprise for you.’
He testified that he expected a pleasant surprise. Then his head went numb from the gunshot.
Petric fled the scene with only one thing. That is his Halo 3 game. This is gruesome murder to his parents. His father survived the gunshot and was at the courtroom when he was trialed and appeared to have forgiven him.
This is beyond my imagination that an obsession with a game could lead to the gruesome murder of his own parents.
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