Dad Kills Own Son Over Missing Videogame
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Dad, Son, videogame, Kills, Houston | Themes: Software, Digital Entertainment
Dad shoots son over the whereabouts of a videogame.
The Houston & Texas News reports that on Sunday a father, 40-year-old Ofelio Antonio Otero, allegedly shot and killed his teenage son during an argument over a videogame. While the name of the particular title wasn't provided, the initial argument over the whereabouts of the game apparently took place around 4:15 am between the father--who had been drinking heavily--and the mother.
The Houston Police Department said that the fight then moved from the mother to the 17-year-old son, Ignacio A. Otero. The conflict took a deadly turn when the elder Otero grabbed a gun and loaded up the weapon with ammo. The son tried to knock the gun out of his father's hands and then ran away, fleeing for his life. However, he fell dead on the floor after Otero shot the teenage boy in the neck.
With gun in hand, Otero fled the scene and ran to an apartment complex over two miles away. He finally surrendered to the HPD SWAT team after a three-hour standoff--sometime around 11 am. As of today, Otero's bond has been doubled since his initial arrest Sunday morning, cranked up to a meaty $100,000. “What I’m concerned about is the violence,” said State District Judge Marc Carter.
Otero, who has a prior criminal history, now faces a murder charge, the Houston & Texas News said. If he does manage to make bail, he is not allowed to return home, nor can he come in contact with family members who witnessed the crime. There was no word if he was banned from playing videogames.
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Couldn't he sacrifice a lamb instead! Good grief!
Wow, just WOW! This is horrendous, how could you kill your own flesh and blood?! And over something so RIDICULOUS. If he had any human decency he would have committed suicide instead of fleeing the scene.
Couldn't he sacrifice a lamb instead! Good grief! And the picture from the Shining is just plain bad form!!
Sure blame video games, not the fact that he's a drunk idiot and had a prior criminal history!!
WOW, crazyness!!! Killing over a video game it just shows you that u never know what would trigger someone to kill even your own blood.
this title is misleading and its because of people like Kevin Parrish that stupid news get twisted in a way that video games are always at fault.
lol ... if only there was a restart button.
so sorry the kid had to die for this crap.
@melvis72: I'm sorry is reporting what the incident was over offensive? The story here doesn't assign blame per say, it merely reports what the argument was about. If they had said it was over who was getting the last piece of cake would you have complained they were blaming cake?
im sure the alcohol had a much bigger part to play than the video game - if they didnt have a console it probably would have been over what channel was on tv.
“What I’m concerned about is the violence,” said State District Judge Marc Carter.
Is this guy kidding? What else would he be concerned about, the video game missing? A possible theft? What kind of idiot is this judge that he felt he needed to say this?
Anyone who can shoot someone in the neck while plastered must be a really good shot. If he got that from playing the video game, maybe they should use this game as part of basic training.
The worst part is this will give bad rep to the video game industry when the video game had little to do with it, the key thing here was the "dad was DRUNK" it was his anger issues and alcohol that made him attack, not a video game! But let's just watch how the media turns this into video games make people violent!
hold up! bond? $100,000? the guy has a criminal history, shoots and kills his own son, and they even allow the remote possibility of him being let loose?
* meanwhile, elsewhere in the united states*
a kid gets caught smoking some weed, and sells some to his friends, and gets life without parole.
hold up! bond? $100,000? the guy has a criminal history, shoots and kills his own son, and they even allow the remote possibility of him being let loose?
* meanwhile, elsewhere in the united states*
a kid gets caught smoking some weed, and sells some to his friends, and gets life without parole.
Good point Obi. When's the last time you've heard of someone smoking some marijuana, and then violently attacking someone?
That's what alcohol does to you... plus he's nuts, ruthless, heartless and born a killer. There is no excuse. He must be imprisoned for life for the life he took.
Another sad story, I would rather hear more from Apple then this.
Couldn't he sacrifice a lamb instead! Good grief!
That's not funny dude!!
That's what alcohol does to you... plus he's nuts, ruthless, heartless and born a killer. There is no excuse. He must be imprisoned for life for the life he took.
How is this useful? How does this help society? You took a life, and now you get to live off of people the rest of your life? This doesn't make sense. There are better things to do with really bad people, not that this guy necessarily is one - I don't want to judge based on such limited information, however damning it seems.
Two ideas come to mind. Parachute him and a few bottles of whiskey (some schwag, nothing expensive) into a country we don't like. For example, how about that region in Pakistan where all the violence is occurring? Iran? France?
Or, use the really bad ones for medical testing. Why should animals suffer so? Most of them did nothing wrong. On top of this, the best test for humans, is on humans. Sure, he took a life, but, if he's used for medical testing, how many can he save with what they learn? It's a chance for him to redeem himself. Why is it so much easier to harm innocent animals, who are without blame, than humans who are purely evil?
I do find a tad bit of humor in the "ARTICLE" but not in the story itself. Friggin people are WACKED.
damn illegal aliens
Pirate the game, problem solved.
That's what alcohol does to you... plus he's nuts, ruthless, heartless and born a killer. There is no excuse. He must be imprisoned for life for the life he took.
The worst part is this will give bad rep to the video game industry when the video game had little to do with it, the key thing here was the "dad was DRUNK" it was his anger issues and alcohol that made him attack, not a video game! But let's just watch how the media turns this into video games make people violent!
im sure the alcohol had a much bigger part to play than the video game - if they didnt have a console it probably would have been over what channel was on tv.
Great, more alcohol bashers! Clearly this man was enraged due to the violence that was surely present in the video game in question. Blaming alcohol is just a shameless attempt to create publicity and scandal. According to a recent study*, "alcohol consumption, even in quantities that elevate the blood alcohol level above 0.08%, have shown no adverse side affects on reflexes and cognitive thought".
It's time this anti-alcohol propaganda ceased, and the rightful culprit, video game violence, was put in its proper light.
*study was sponsored by Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "It's Miller Time!"(TM)
I agree about the bond. I think you only have to pay 10% to a bondsman, so he could be free for $10,000..>> II can't remember what I was watching on the news the other day but I think it was theft related and they gave the guy 2-3 million dollar bond.
Great, more alcohol bashers! Clearly this man was enraged due to the violence that was surely present in the video game in question. Blaming alcohol is just a shameless attempt to create publicity and scandal. According to a recent study*, "alcohol consumption, even in quantities that elevate the blood alcohol level above 0.08%, have shown no adverse side affects on reflexes and cognitive thought".It's time this anti-alcohol propaganda ceased, and the rightful culprit, video game violence, was put in its proper light.*study was sponsored by Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "It's Miller Time!"(TM)
Are you kidding me? Do you even know what game it was? I somewhat think what you posted is EXTREMELY sarcastic but at the same time I almost think your serious? Well, if your serious.. your FRIGGIN WACKED TOO! What if it was Leisure Suit Larry and it was his only copy, for the AMIGA and his drug addict son, sold it to some crack slingin', historical freak who would love nothing better than a fresh copy of Leisure Suit Larry!!!
Some people go crazy when drinking heavily. It could have happened over anything, it just have happened to be a videogame. Some people should not be allowed to drink period. I'm not blaming the alchohol but some people get very aggressive when drinking so those people should just quit & never drink again.
the man ought to be executed.
Are you kidding me? Do you even know what game it was? I somewhat think what you posted is EXTREMELY sarcastic but at the same time I almost think your serious? Well, if your serious.. your FRIGGIN WACKED TOO! What if it was Leisure Suit Larry and it was his only copy, for the AMIGA and his drug addict son, sold it to some crack slingin', historical freak who would love nothing better than a fresh copy of Leisure Suit Larry!!!
Just to dispel any worries, no, I was not at all serious.
Shit, I GET aggressive when I drink and I have done some DUUUUMB shit man. I can only imagine being 50 years old, having a completely SHITTY life and then getting hammered only to find out my son, that I raised, stole my only copy of Leisure Suit Larry and sold it for CRACK. I'd kill that mother*ucker too!
Just to dispel any worries, no, I was not at all serious.
Oh, OK! Sweet!
Wait, which video game was it? I mean can understand if it was something valuable like an copy of Chrono Trigger or something...nobody touches my antiques....
Can we stop blaming video games yet? How about this headline-
"drunken enraged father with criminal past kills son"
I swear, if I see another article with a headline on toms blaming gaming, pointing out the games, im done with toms hardware. Your a tech site, and yet you still put headlines up like this. It's rediculous how biased your headlines are and it's giving gamers a bad name. I won't stand for it. Even if it is a copy and paste from another site.