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Salt Lake City mall shooter didn't own video games
Following Sulejman Talovic's murderous rampage through a Salt Lake City mall, killing five people and ending with Talovic's own death by police, the 21st century knee-jerk reaction of blame the video games emerged. After no games, consoles or PCs were seized from Talovic's home, it looked like the video game murderer angle may not emerge. Now Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank said they found no evidence that violent video games played a part in Talovic's actions. He did not even own a computer or a console according to police. Police also found no religious or political motivations either. Sorry Jackie-boy, no headlines for you.[Via GamePolitics]
No games seized in search of Salt Lake City mall shooter's home
In an attempt to derive a motive from Monday's rampage which saw a Utah teen shoot nine mall-goers, killing five, before he himself was killed by police, GamePolitics reports that the first signs of the "violent video games made him do it" angle have emerged in the media. Prompted by Jackie-boy spam -- conveniently subjected: "Salt Lake City Teen Probably Trained on Grand Theft Auto Video Game" -- theorists have begun to consider video games as a possible motive for the shootings. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Rebecca Walsh suggests that this speculation was "stated as fact Wednesday on Capitol Hill."Some hope for a constructive investigation of the violent tragedy does come from a second article in the Tribune, which states that police have yet to discern a motive and "did not take any computers or video games" from the shooter's home. GamePolitics promises to keep us posted as the story develops.[Reminder: keep comments on-topic -- this is not a discussion about Sulejman Talovic's religion.]
