PSP caused teen to shoot another teen
by Alan Tsang 
{ Jul 4th 2008 at 11:20PM }
Down over in Jacksonville, Florida, two teenagers were arguing when one decided to shoot the other. This is already tragic enough, but the "center" of this shooting is a PSP. Zachary Robinson, 17, shot another teenager twice before fleeing the scene. Robinson was subsequently captured and is now charged with aggravated battery. Fortunately, even though there was an art fair being set up at the location, no one was hurt.We love our PSPs, but these kids went way too far. Also, it wasn't specified who originally owned the PSP, but let's not try to shoot each other over one, okay kids?
[Via Kotaku]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lordwindowlicker @ Jul 4th 2008 11:55PM
Shouldn't the first question be.. Why did one of these kids have a gun to begin with?
I believe that is a bit more important than why he shot him.
Jacksons @ Jul 5th 2008 4:43AM
No kidding.
anarkhy @ Jul 5th 2008 12:22AM
hope the psp is ok.
Cameron Adams @ Jul 5th 2008 1:19AM
I was just about to ask, why does he have a gun in the first place..?
And i'm sure it's not all because of the psp alone.
it's like looking at a picture, there's always several meanings.
In this case, for example:
- This guy LOVES his psp.
- He has a grudge against the other guy
- He was just overreacting
- Butterfingers!
- He's clearly been affected by his psp, which has addled his brain and therefore cause him to shoot his friend/enemy.
I know which one I'd believe.
dom @ Jul 5th 2008 2:37AM
I'm glad the PSP is okay
dom @ Jul 5th 2008 3:10AM
I'm glad the PSP is okay
lorddshadow @ Jul 5th 2008 2:44AM
yeah sure blame the psp...its innocent i tell you!!! blame the darn parents.
Dr Haisook @ Jul 5th 2008 4:55AM
When every 5-year-old kid in America owns a gun, don't expect shootings to be so scarce.
Grenadyr @ Jul 5th 2008 5:59AM
With a headline like that you should be working for the main stream media.
daniel-kun @ Jul 5th 2008 9:05AM
The headline really sucks, the PSP definitly did not CAUSE the shooting.
daniel-kun @ Jul 5th 2008 9:07AM
Here's another, far crueler story that involves two PSPs:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4268716.ece
evilfoxhound @ Jul 5th 2008 9:10AM
Only in America.
Tegolin @ Jul 5th 2008 9:24AM
I live in Jacksonville, Jacksonville is not that rough.
Heres a new head line:
"Demon PSP possesses teen into a crazy gun spree"
TinyTim121 @ Jul 5th 2008 12:04PM
I hope the PSP is...oh somebody already said that
Maninatrunk77 @ Jul 5th 2008 12:33PM
hahahahahaha yeah seriously I really was thinking that, I was like so who gets the PSP now?!? can I have it?!?!
Phil @ Jul 5th 2008 12:25PM
I live in Jacksonville too. It is rough. We hear about a shooting/murder everyday, that's not an exaggeration. I blame the kid with no common sense.
bryansurvive @ Jul 5th 2008 1:09PM
@phil
people die everyday. Jacksonville is no different. i live in vegas where people go to supermarkets to stab people not shop.
Kattleox @ Jul 5th 2008 1:18PM
Remember, kids: guns dont kill people, vidya' games kill people.
I lived in Oceanside, California most of my life and, it was like this constantly. If you are in a gang and you already kill people you wont think twice about it if someone takes your car, psp, ipod, et cetera. There are probably some stories about guys who shot guys who stole their shoes or somthing.
Its kindof like that guy who threw the dog off the cliff in Iraq. You kill all the dogs you see upon sight because of rabies concerns, not to mention the people you kill and thow into pile at the end of the day. Then you find a dead dog and throw it off a cliff. Desensetization is the word.
--Summer Glau
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nerdXcore @ Jul 5th 2008 2:06PM
"PSP caused teen to shoot another teen"
Really, Alan Tsang? Really?
Don't you think video games have enough of a PR problem in the media what with people like Jack Thompson and Hillary Clinton? Whatever was going on between those kids I can pretty much guarantee that an inanimate object was not the sole reason one of them shot the other.
Your headline is disingenuous at best and I am saddened to see that it was apparently not questioned at any point during the editing process.
bryansurvive @ Jul 5th 2008 6:08PM
what if it really was?
Trickob @ Jul 6th 2008 1:02AM
I see nothing wrong with the headline. It's no different than "Under-Cooked Dinner Causes Wife to Shoot Husband" or "Man Shoots another Man for Car." Of course there's more to the story but the headline is intended to grab your attention.
That's journalism 101
gonzalo @ Jul 5th 2008 2:15PM
so, what the psp modded or something?
BitBurn @ Jul 6th 2008 4:51PM
Bravo Alan Tsang, very nice title to your article. Just the kind of article titles that parent organizations need to start protests and blame Sony and developers again for game violence and whatever else. Think, you dumb**s. If you want attention get a dog.