A Mariondale N.C. teenager was tragically shot and killed Sunday after trespassing onto private property while attempting to catch a Pokemon in the new gaming sensation Pokemon Go. There have been previous reports of injuries connected to players becoming involved in car crashes while driving and playing at the same time, but this appears to be the first fatality directly connected to playing the game.
15-year-old Arthur Digsby apparently left his house Sunday around 1 a.m., with a friend who was staying over, when the two friends noted a rare Pokemon had appeared in the nearby Pokemon list. The two friends reportedly left the house without notifying responsible adults, and started searching the neighborhood for the rare Pokemon. The friends apparently thought they had pinpointed the rare Pokemon, but could not get close enough to it, because it seemed to be inside a neighborhood home.
The deceased teenager’s friend reports that Arthur first circled the residence, triggering security lights as he attempted to get the Pokemon to appear. He then walked into an enclosed back porch of the residence, and when it still did not appear he started checking windows on the house and attempted to open them.
Homeowner Ellen Jones, a 67-year-old widow who lived by herself in the home, was awoken by the sound of someone trying to open her bedroom window. She then armed herself with a 9mm pistol that had belonged to her deceased husband. She then went to use the telephone to call emergency services where she was surprised by the teenager attempting to gain access to the home through an unlocked kitchen window. The widow panicked and shot at the teen twice, striking him both times.
The teenager was transported to an area hospital with two gunshot wounds to the chest where he subsequently died from the injuries. Mariondale police department has stated that no charges will be filed against the homeowner. Then police department issued a statement enjoining people playing the game to be sensible and respect private property boundaries at all times. Niantic, the company that created Pokemon Go, has not commented on the tragic shooting at this time.
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I’m pretty much guaranteeing he was black
Let’s see. An old lady living alone. A stranger tries to break into her house in the middle of the night. I’m ABSOLUTELY SURE that her avid racism was the first thing on her mind.
It literally does not matter what race you are, if you try to break into someones house, in the middle of the night none-the-less, you can’t possibly expect it to end well.
Belgian here.
One day, my grandpa was home alone when burglars entered his house. Also teenagers. They searched around a bit, went upstairs and eventually opened the door to his study. He was surprised as fck that there were people in the house and so were they. They immediately ran away. Didnt even take anything and they never came back.
I’ll give you that trying to enter a home to get a pokemon is a very stupid thing to do, but shooting at unarmed people without warning is manslaughter in any sane country.
Are you dense? Wow you’re definitely part of proble!!
She is also a 67 year old widow. Her husband is gone, she is old and cannot afford to wait to see what his intentions were…She didn’t commit murder and she is not at fault for it. For all she knew, he could’ve been there to steal something from her and could’ve had a weapon.
And to be quite honest, I’d probably react the same way. A young man breaking into my house…he could easily overpower me, me being a female. And I rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Has nothing to do with sanity either, has everything to do with protecting one’s own life. You don’t know their intentions or what they have on them, we’re not psychic creatures.
OMG….because you’re FEMALE? You using that excuse? Good grief! Learn to defend yourself with your own body and not a gun. Hell…was in not one but TWO abusive relationships and I didn’t need no damn gun to defend myself. You all are just using the most lame ass excuses to act all big and tough by owning/carrying! *In case of*…lmfao….none of you damn pansies would EVER survive Canada as we are a FRIENDLY country and don’t need stupid ass guns. That’s why our kids feel safe to go to school to. Unlike your moronic country. Prime example yet AGAIN why your laws need changed…he was a damn kid playing a game…a game that all I see on FB is people bitching about the backlash it’s getting and using lame ass excuses like…you get exercise. This is a REAL sad world and getting worse each day….SHE ADMITTED SHE PANICKED! LAST PERSON TO BE OWNING A GUN IF SHE CAN’T CONTROL IT!
PROTECTING ONE’S OWN LIFE??? If you need a gun? You’re a whimp! All of ya are.
The old woman wouldn’t have know jack about POKEMON. It would have been the last thing on her mind. What she saw was a ‘man’ determined to get into her house. And she killed him. The blame should go to the parents of the teenager, not the old woman.
@Alwaysfeelingsafewithoutaguntoprotectme
Sorry, but you never, ever bring a knife to a gun fight.
Wanna know why?
Gun out ranges the knife.
Same here.
You cannot fight a person who has a gun, with just your body, that’s stupid.
Woman are physically weaker then men, that is what Lauren meant you idiotic retard.
In addition, not everyone has the time to dedicate to martial arts, so stuff your idiotic “OMG” up your neither lands.
Besides which, what if the kid new Martial arts as well hmmm?
He would still beat her, thanks to the previously mentioned upper hand in strength.
I am going to take a wild guess here, and say you where not in THAT bad of relationships lol.
I bet that if the guys in these “bad” relationships tried to hit you, and got his butt kicked by you, he would break up with you so that he can find easier prey.
So no, if you where in two “bad” relationships, I bet they where more emotionally abusive, not physically abusive, if indeed they where abusive at all. lol
All the physical training in the world cannot protect you from emotional abuse kid, unless you in turn threaten physical violence.
I would have done the same as this lady.
The deceased teenager’s friend reports that Arthur first circled the residence, triggering security lights as he attempted to get the Pokemon to appear. He then walked into an enclosed back porch of the residence, and when it still did not appear he started checking windows on the house and attempted to open them.
Homeowner Ellen Jones, a 67-year-old widow who lived by herself in the home, was awoken by the sound of someone trying to open her bedroom window. She then armed herself with a 9mm pistol that had belonged to her deceased husband. She then went to use the telephone to call emergency services where she was surprised by the teenager attempting to gain access to the home through an unlocked kitchen window. The widow panicked and shot at the teen twice, striking him both times.
You could have called out a warning saying you were armed first, even given a warning shot for fucks sake.
A hayes You shouldn’t speak to things you obviously have no understanding of.. Warning sho???. Where is this warning shot supposed to go? Where can a warning shot go that is safe? The air? The ground? The wall? None of these is safe. The facts are you have a threat. Youhave the right to defend yourself. No laws amendments necessary.
@ A Hayes: or maybe a little common sense even? If it’s not your house don’t try breaking in? Knock on the door and ask permission? Hey here’s some basic safety tips… don’t want to get shot at someone’s house? Don’t make it seem like you’re trying to break in in the middle of the night! Go go pickaBOOM!!
i feel like the story is faked but idc the point I want to make is she did commit manslaughter castle law doesn’t take effect until you ENTER the home and there has to be a PHYSICAL threat as in she was rushed or confronted to kill the kid until then it’s just a trespassing charge until it becomes burglary when he entered the house which he didn’t he opened a window and you also do have to give a warning you can’t just kill someone property or not that’s murder so all you people thinking to get away with killing someone like this think twice because you’ll be the one in jail and it’s sad this lady wasn’t charged and it’s only because of her age.
@Don’t worry about it
That’s because you’re on a fake news site.
How the hell is she supposed to know the intruder is unarmed and only looking for pokemons?
How was she to know they didn’t have a gun. This is in America where anyone can get a gun.
And those that say he was probably black, really? Dang, at 1am you can’t tell white from black from purple. If you are a lady at home alone you tell out to leave that you are armed and then shoot.
Liberal fantasy: “Excuse me strange negro child that has illegally broken into my home for unknown reasons! I would like to announce that I am giving up all tactical advantage of my concealment to let you know that I am equipped with a baby-killing liberal panty-wetting assault pistol with extended capacity magazineclip!”
Meanwhile, in the real world: “Excuse me s–” [[Gets shot by the armed murdernegro that just illegally broke into your home]]
It’s funny how a nogunz thinks every encounter works like an old Western, and the good guy (he wears the white hat) can so easily announce his presence then quick-draw down on the bad guy (he’s in black for a reason) because the script demands it.
You expect a 67 year old woman to risk her life trying to out-draw and quick-fire upon a potentially armed negro rapist that just broke into her house. You are a disease upon society.
It’s no surprize the liberal doesn’t find anything wrong with breaking and entering. They’re all pro illegal immigration.
I would also assume that this all happened so fast he couldn’t react. Had your grandpa noticed lights coming on, sounds, and gone to explore the cause and see someone trying to break into his home, he very likely would have shot them.
If he was from Belgium and your grandpa, he also probably knew how to use a gun and probably has, since you’re right next to fucking Germany, and 70 years ago that was a pretty shitty place to be.
She could not know that he was unarmed. Neither do we know his and her relative sizes. Neither could she know how much physical abuse he was willing to dish out. And as others have pointed out, the story about Pokemon was phony; approaching the house would not have been necessary.
All of Obama’s sons are unarmed. Even the ones that shot police officers in the face. They dindu nuffin wrong.
As someone who lives in the UK, I slightly disagree.
If someone broke into my house, I’d do everything to defend myself, even killing intruders if necessary, as I’m certainly not going to wait to find out if they’re armed or not.
If they run away though, you leave them. Because it’s no longer self-defense at that point, it’s murder.
You have got to be kidding. A home should be a safe heaven for anyone. I don’t care who the person is, what they look like where they come from, you break into my home I will cut you apart into tiny pieces and feed you to the dogs.
No one EVER accidently breaks into someone elses home. It is done on purpose 100% of the time and should be dealt with in a way that makes everyone feel safe. You trespass onto someone homes you deserve to be killed because you are knowingly invading someone elses safe heaven. Anyone who doesn’t understand that or appreciate it, will just be kids who don’t own homes and don’t understand what it is to protect a family from the scum bags in this world who think pokemon GO is the most important thing to give them rights to do anything they want.
I fully agree with you he shouldn’t have broken in but not all people break into a house knowingly some people have amnesia/memory loss/confusion or they don’t know right from wrong kids and adults alike.
America is more like South Africa… someone climbs in your window, you shoot them coz there is a risk they might kill you. Cops get killed every year just giving speeding tickets.
In other countries, we are pretty safe so someone breaking into your house will just run away if they see anyone. But America is a very dangerous country to live in. people get shot just doing morning exercises by bored teenagers.
This is why they all live in fear and keep guns to protect themselves.
You’re a fucking moron, and i hope someone breaks into your house in the middle of the night and kills your stupid ass to make this world a better place. Or please just commit suicide =-)
Wow. What an absolutely horrible thing to say. Sorry Toby, but it’s people like You thst make this world a terrible place. You went too far.
Excuse me, but where in the story does it say the 67-year old widow KNEW that the potential assailant breaking into her home (which is a felony in most places) was UNARMED? No, it did not say that, and no way the lady knew he was unarmed. It was a tragic, totally avoidable incident, but the poor old lady is NOT AT FAULT in any way. If she were, she would have been charged.
Last week we had an 80 year old lady robbed at her residence and shot twice by teenagers. Probably wouldn’t have happened had she been armed with a 9mm side arm.
That makes you part of the problem
So, if you wake up in the middle of a night and see SOMEONE (race doesn’t matter), climbing through your damn kitchen window, your first thought is “OH he must be playing Pokemon GO, it’s all right”?
Natural selection is amazing, I guess.
You’re the kind of father that accidently kill his teenage son who was sneaking back in the house after secretly seeing his girlfriend, who you dont approve off because she’s not the same church/color/whatever.
You cant just go to lethal as first option. That’s insane. There’s supposed to be steps.
When your an elderly woman home alone and someone is breaking into your home in three middle of the night. Lethal force is the best option.
Yeah, let’s totally bring up something unrelated to the topic because that stuff usually works!!!!
And I bet you have never been in a situation where it is life or death or have a flight or fight reaction, like…at all.
Greg has a point, your first reaction to someone breaking in isn’t “oh he is wanting to catch a pokemon” it is “omg! someone’s breaking into my house!!! He could have a weapon and kill me”. I’ve never been in this type of situation but I do understand the reason why intruders are shot and possibly killed. Maybe try taking a step back and think for a second before making ignorant statements such as that one and the one before.
There is no reason for his teen son to sneak in through a window if he has a son.
I would shoot also.
Until you are in the situation this lady was in don’t judge her reactions.
I refuse to condone the actions of this woman, are you saying that just for stealing something, someones life is forfeit, you all are horrible people. I come from a country where you have more thieves than honest people, in a sense. regardless, when I was younger, someone broke into my house, and I reacted with the same way the woman did. but just before I could pull the trigger, I pointed the gun, and told the person they have 3 seconds to leave the house, or they loose a foot. several options to shooting a person is, shooting not at their vitals but at their arms or legs, causes damage, stun and enough time for panic to ensue them. this woman murdered someone regardless of what that person was doing, if he had a weapon on him. I would have found it reasonable if she had not been prosecuted. but when ever has ignorance been an excuse for not being prosecuted for the actions we have committed. this is ludicrous. May I remind you we aren’t speaking of something as trivial as a game here where life can be rebooted. I admit the boy was absolutely wrong in his actions and determination. BUT! he did not deserve to die. I hope all of you who support this woman realise the severity of her act. taking a life isn’t something that should go unpunished especially in the face of those that would cause her no harm or steal anything from her, but a piece of digital matrix. I refuse to support this, and I will make a signing that this woman who ever she is be prosecuted for her actions, and be condemned to a life in jail. and that you all just support her, makes you worse people than I could imagine, half my family has had an attempt at robbery at their house, and we all have a gun, but do we have blood on our hands…. NO. is anything stolen HELL NO! before you kill someone, remember they have family and friends who love them, and if I killed you because I felt threatened, I would be in my right to? if so, I feel threatened by your very existences, and think you all deserve what that woman was dishing out.
That is the oddest analogy. Person climbing through window in middle of night. Old lady has no way of telling if the person is armed with a gun. Case closed.
Stealing? And you know his intentions are stealing? I can’t stand idiots like you that think home-owners are evil for shooting someone breaking into their house.
I don’t know if all they want is to raid my fridge, or steal my stuff, or shoot me in cold blood.
There are MANY psycho people in the world, and I’m not going to wait and see which he is. Shouldn’t have come into my house… it’s my place, you have NO business there.
This case is a tragic lack of judgement from the teenager, but the old woman was more than justified in shooting him.
….. and also that you’re a dickhead.
I totally agree with Chicka dude you are a fucking dumb ass. Regardless of what the elderly women done you don’t break into someone’s house for any reason and expect a good outcome. The child was ignorant for even THINKING IT WAS OKAY. I THINK A LOT OF YOU GUYS WHO ARE DEFENDING THE CHILD WHO WAS DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK THAT IT WAS OKAY IN ANYWAY REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK UP WHAT IS AND ISN’T AGAINST THE DAMN LAW. IF SOMEONE IS STUPID ENOUGH TO FUCKING BREAK INTO SOMEONE’S HOME THEY ARE DUMB ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THE FUCKING OUTCOME. ALSO FYI THIS IS FAKE THE TEEN ISN’T DEAD PLUS I HAVE POKEMON GO ON MY PHONE BUT I’M NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO BREAK INTO SOMEONE’S HOME TO CATCH A POKEMON…
You are the only fucking dickhead here bitch for you to take up for a woman who had no right to kill a child and get away with it and a child doesn’t know wrong from right he was only 15 years old are you serious bitch go to hell I am truly hurt this happen to the poor kid and you show no sympathy or consideration for the child you should be ashamed of yourself for what you just said 😪
No, you’re fucking stupid. When I was 15 I knew the difference between most rights and wrongs – namely breaking and entering. All my friends did too. You must be very literally developmentally retarded. Many people, you in included, lack higher cognitive capacity; as a result, people (you included) lack the ability for situational awareness and common sense. To that Geoffrey idiot up there… you don’t scream out some warning and give away your position, that is tactically unsound. You also don’t fire warning shots or attempt to shoot a less than vital body part. I don’t think he is aware of what actually occurs when placed in these situation, and I believe his story from his youth is a fabrication. If it comes down to such a situation that warrants you drawing a firearm on another human being… well… triple tap – two the heart, one to the head. In America many states have the Castle Doctrine, and in many of those states this extends to your full property. So yes, dispatching an idiot scrambling through your window at any hour of the day or night is perfectly legal. Maybe this is all just a testament to the growing stupidity of the human race in general…a total lack of situation awareness, common sense, herd mentality, not even a modicum of respect, and a complete missing sense of self preservation. But whatever. I’m sure your tiny little mind will find some sort of retort to pry out of that dark, dismal abyss you try to pass off as a human brain and spew out here for the world to see.
Wow, a 15 year old knows right from wrong. A 15 year old just doesn’t care about whats right and wrong because they think they are the centre of the world. This kid deserved to die because he was invading someone elses home. I hope his death slow and painful and that his mate tells all his friends and family to be good from now on.
15 year old teenager can be tried as adults in most jurisdictions, so they are presumed to know the consequences of their actions unless developmentally disabled – like you.
If someone broke into my house, I would not stop to check his skin color before shooting him.
How do you know the old woman wasn’t black?
I’m pretty much guaranteeing he was non-existent. This is a fake news site – the above story didn’t happen, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see real stories along this line.
Doesn’t matter the race. My husband came in livid last evening because our neighbor AND some random stranger were in our yard trying to catch these things. Both white and if it had not been broad daylight they would have been capped. This game is dangerous!
The phrase is “case in point.” People will respect your opinion a lot more if you get an education.
But, then again, being educated would lead to a different opinion.
It’s not the fault game, it’s the fault of the individual. These kids should’ve known better, being the age they are. The game explicitly condones this type of behavior in it’s term of service. If you can’t catch the Pokemon on the street, then you move and and forget about it.
I think the people that are so trigger happy to kill people without warning are more dangerous but then again I’m not from the USA so I’m not familiar with the fear of living in a place where literally anybody can carry a gun.
This 67 year old lady didn’t know if the person had a gun so she did what was best for her.
Games don’t kill people, people kill people.
Right? Isn’t that the argument? The game is not dangerous, but it sounds like your redneck husband is.
She did not “panic”. She defended herself against a home invader who was in the process of an active B & E. Good for her
Good for her? Not only is she a widow but she is probably experiencing a great deal of trauma for killing a teenage boy. Personally, my sympathy goes out to both the kids family and the widow. Sad that such an event had to occur but that’s life for you.
This is CASE and POINT as to why we need stricter gun control laws. The woman hasn’t been arrested????? After she took the life of an innocent 15-year old child? Hopefully she will get what she deserves.
Janice janice janice. Your post is incredibly dumb. When you say “We need stricter gun control laws”, what do you mean exactly? Are you proposing an outright ban on guns? If so, why not just come out and say it? Why use the vague terminology “strict gun control laws”
Are you saying the woman (or anyone) should not be able to have a weapon to protect themselves, even in the case of a home intruder? The woman didn’t know the motives/intentions of the trespasser. In this particular instance it is sad, the teenager was innocent and he was just not thinking before he acted. Typical young mentality that they are invincible.
But in a normal situation with a real intruder who intends to do real harm, are you saying the woman should not be able to defend herself with a firearm?
Joe Joe Joe. In some countries, we do have gun control laws, and (surprise!) a very small murder rate. Sure go ahead, protect your right to bear arms, but don’t come crying to me waving your furry paws when it all ends in tears …
If you do a quick search you will find that the majority of killings in the united States are committed with out a firearm. A blunt object is the number one tool used. Also places in the united States that have tight gun laws have a higher murder rate than places the have very little gun laws. If everyone had a gun you knew it people would think twice before doing stupid things like crawling through windows. Fyi this is fake story.
At the end of the day this boy was a child and he was unarmed she should be terminated point blank period
I wish she had a .45 instrad of a 9mm fuctard
He broke into her house. She didnt do anything illegal. Youre a fucking retard.
I am against the r word but I agree!!!
She is in wrong fucking retard she shot an innocent child who was unarmed she deserves to be punished I think this lady she be ashamed of herself for not even common sense to see how little he was that she couldn’t notice it was a child and she could have questioned him but no she just shot him like a fucking retarded bitch
This is a fake story you crazy person!
I’m just stating my opinion and facts I bet this was all do to illuminate that’s what most worship now a days so pathetic..👎
Janice are you retarded ? He was breaking in someones house at 1am shes an elder lady who lives by herself i dont care if your playing pokemon go if you try to break into myhouse at 1am youll find a pokemon by the name of 5.7 pointing straight at ypur face ! BOOM !
You’re an idiot, Janice
That “innocent” child was trespassing. They got what they deserved for breaking into someone’s home.
The appropriate penalty for trespassing is paying with your life. Must be nice society you’re living.
Jack you are so right. never knew that B&E was a capital offence
Trespassing is walking around outside her house. He had already broke in when he got into the back porch and was trying to come in through a window.
This wasn’t just Trespassing, It had escalated to B&E and in most states there is some form of “castle doctrine” which permits the owner or a resident of a house to shoot an invader if they fear for their safety. I am saddened that a 15 year old had to die for such a foolish act, But what in God’s name was he thinking breaking into someone’s home? Didn’t his parents or school teach him that breaking into a stranger’s house was dangerous, illegal & wrong? There is NOTHING that would EVER make me think it was OK to break into a neighbor’s home. Had I been that elderly widow in the middle of the night, I would have been scared to death in her situation. This whole incident is just sad & senseless.
case in point* idiot
Dude chill the “innocent 15-year old child” was trying to break into her house in the middle of the night. She defended herself against what could possibly have been a violent intruder.
Truth is that she shouldn’t have killed him, he shouldn’t break and enter. He got what he had coming but not what he deserved.
Poor, poor Janice. The guilty youths planned to use the deception of the “playing the game” in the event they were caught. They did not expect to be killed, but certainly getting caught was possible. They set out to rob the house, and planned to tell the “Game Lie” in an attempt to get away with it, and they screwed themselves.
Finally, someone with the same slant that I have.
And, the homeowner is under no obligation to wait until they are facing a deadly weapon to believe that their life is in danger.
Her “Gun Control” is commendable. Our local cops can’t hit two out of two!
Can you say, Troll?
Or maybe just not an American who thinks guns are a divine right?
Uhhhhh no, you dumb twat, this was no “innocent” child, this was a burglar breaking into a house that he had no business being in.
North Carolina’s Castle Doctrine is clear-cut “stand your ground”. There is no duty to retreat or duty to warn anywhere in the statute. If someone breaks into your house, you have the absolute right to use deadly force to defend yourself.
N.C.G.S. § 14-51. First and second degree burglary.
There shall be two degrees in the crime of burglary as defined at the common law. If the crime be committed in a dwelling house, or in a room used as a sleeping apartment in any building, and any person is in the actual occupation of any part of said dwelling house or sleeping apartment at the time of the commission of such crime, it shall be burglary in the first degree. If such crime be committed in a dwelling house or sleeping apartment not actually occupied by anyone at the time of the commission of the crime, or if it be committed in any house within the curtilage of a dwelling house or in any building not a dwelling house, but in which is a room used as a sleeping apartment and not actually occupied as such at the time of the commission of the crime, it shall be burglary in the second degree. For the purposes of defining the crime of burglary, larceny shall be deemed a felony without regard to the value of the property in question.
N.C.G.S. § 14-51.2(b): The lawful occupant of a home, motor vehicle, or workplace is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent death or serious bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily harm to another if both of the following apply:
(1) The person against whom the defensive force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a home, motor vehicle, or workplace, or if that person had removed or was attempting to remove another against that person’s will from the home, motor vehicle, or workplace.
(2) The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred.
She had every right to blow this moron away. I thank her for putting a little chorine in the gene pool.
You can not use the law to combat people’s feelings and morals.
Arrested? Did you even read the article? They were trying to get into her house through a window. Not a smart thing to do. You can expect to get shot if you are trying to break into someone’s house.
You’re a fucking idiot. Put your self in that lady’s shoes. Why else would a random person be trying to break into her home. The lady probably doesn’t even know that pokemon go exists!
I made a run to an address where a “child” broke into a woman’s home, killed and raped her. Another run where a “child” broke into an elderly woman’s home, pushed her down a flight of stairs, killing her. Another where two “children” looking for money, broke into an elderly man’s home and beat him to death with a hammer when he did not have any money to give them. The lady feared for her life. The intruder placed her in fear for her life. She did not have time to interview the intruder beforehand to determine what his motives were. So, Miss Janice, if you see someone in your home some night after hearing a window break and that person is opening the door to your bedroom…and since you don’t believe in guns, you don’t have one…You going to try to talk him out of hurting you? The woman in the article did get exactly what she deserved..she defended her home and her life. I am sure she feels terrible about it.
Hahaha gun control laws, your stupid had this actually been a break in it would be legit to shoot him, under the assumption he is there to steal your property and is possibly armed. But your right take the gun’s away from the law bidding citizens and allow the criminals that will get the weapon regardless of the laws to have them, your amazing good for you. Just to recap someones in the process of breaking into your home and you confront him you got a blink of an eye to make a decision. he may or may not be armed you have no idea his intent. As bad as it sounds i hope this happens to you everybody has an opinion until your put in the situation. If someone comes through my window that i dont know i will shoot them they are on my property and i will defend my property how i see fit. So i guess what im saying is stay the hell out of my house in the middle of the night and you wont get shot:-)
Haha you’d be one of the firsts to go to jail remember you can and will be found for a murder charge of there isn’t a weapon and reasonable cause this isn’t the 1800’s castle law has rules and steps to be followed before and you do not have the right to defend the property as you see fit because that is a law enforcement officers job there’s a reason they say to call 911 in a emergency like that not grab your gun and go gun ho because you could easily shoot through a wall and hit a neighbor and now that’s 2nd degree murder and another possible murder charge if you killed the unarmed person
So, Janice….CASE AND POINT….you have none. Why would she be arrested? SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO HER HOME! You don’t do that! Common sense! She has EVERY RIGHT to shoot someone breaking into her house! THAT’S THE LAW! AND ANY argument that it was because of race or that she should be arrested is just DUMB! People….not everything is race related, and or gun control related! This woman had every right to have a gun, and to use it on this person…BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE! I KNOW I WOULD HAVE! She would have had no idea that this idiot was playing a stupid game! He could have been there to hurt her! Yes…I get that he was a teenager….I feel sorry for his parents. Losing their son to stupidity.
Kay, I respect and agree with your views on our constitutional rights and using necessary force during the defense of life and personal property, but would you please refrain from calling Pokemon Go “stupid”? I find this opinion offensive and unfounded.
It is stupid
Great; another unfounded assertion. You should join a debate team, my good man.
You’re a fucking idiot Janice. Somebody coming through my window I’ll shoot his ass too. I’m not going to wait and ask oh wait are you a stupid ass teenager looking for a stupid ass Pokemon? What an idiot
Get what she deserves? For defending herself from an invader, while the invader wasn’t aggressive or dangerous but she didn’t know that. SHE’S NOT PSYCHIC.
I’ll pray that you never have to be in this type of situation, for you’ll probably just die before the cops can come and save you with…oh darn, guns…
You’re worse than the other guy, so very ignorant.
Janice, I would have done the same thing the guy was trying to get into her house in the middle of the night, he got into her enclosed porch duh, she defended herself against the unknown. You need to go through a night when someone is trying to get into your home. The kid is his own victim by is actions, he knew at the age of fifteen that one does not try to get into someone’s home through a window.
Janice, people like you should be disposed of.
You’re a flipping idiot. Why hasn’t she been arrested? Because she was defending herself from a threat breaking into her house in the middle of the night. Innocent kid? He died while committing a felony. People have a right to protect themselves. We don’t have time to sit down and fill out a questionnaire about intentions, do a strip search for weapons and have them sign a contract promising not to hurt us. If someone it’s breaking into your house, you must assume you are about to die, because you may very well die. Never ever fire a warning shot. If you injure someone you get charged. You aim center mass and fire until the threat has stopped. Do not aim for an arm or leg. They are smaller targets and in combat you will likely miss. Also a wounded combatant can still kill you with a leg wound. You people saying a frail 67 year old widow, or anyone for that matter should not protect themselves in a life and death situation are complete idiots. People routinely die in home invasions. In these situations it’s you or me and my family, you’re gonna die. No remorse from me.
If you ask me he brought that on himself, if anyone tried breaking into my house i wouldn’t know what they were breaking into to do… robbery, murder, kidnapping.. i wouldn’t know if they had a gun and going to kill me, my fiance or my kids… All of you whose bashing on this woman for doing what she felt was necessary in a situation like that, i mean do you think she doesn’t feel guilty for doing that after the fact, i’m sure she does and i would as well if that had been me but by all means that idiot of a kid brought that upon himself and it’s his own fault. Point is don’t be a fuckin moron and use COMMON sense!
Janice, the kid lives in a country where people live in fear and keep guns to protect themselves. Its sad that a 15 year got killed for being dumb, but you have to live within the restrictions of the country you are in.
Climbing in someone’s window in America is like trying to smuggle drugs into Indonesia – pretty dumb and likely to get you killed.
The women is in her rights in that country to shoot someone trying to break in, and given the amount of deadly crime in that country, she has a valid fear.
There’s absolutely no reason for her to get arrested. I’m sure she will be quite distraught over the whole thing anyway now she knows the details – which is quite a punishment in itself.
>breaking and entering
>”Innocent”
HE DINDU NUFFIN WRANG!
Someone needs to lock her up.
Oh yes send her to jail for shooting someone BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE. I think darwinism needs to be re-instated, so dumb people like you get weeded out.
Playing the game was an obvious cover story, no one in their right mind is going to break into someone’s house to catch a digital item. At 15, you best know right from wrong. And if they were out of their mind and still entered someone’s home as in this case, then they deserve the consequences. It is sad this happened, but seriously, who does this? The real story is they were caught in the act of breaking into someone’s home and the survivor wants to avoid jail time.
To be frank, a good handful of teens these days will do literally anything if pressured by peers, their lust for feeling invincible, and their lack of common sense. This sad story is a direct example.
And yes, in spite of your point there ARE a few people I know who’ve already done this in my city without consequences.
Janice, are you retarded? This ‘innocent kid’ was breaking into someone’s house. Instead of gun control, we need punk ass kid control. Obviously parents failed at raising them.
Agreed!!! How dumb!
This whole “chasing the Pokemon” thing is eerily similar to “chasing the dragon” for dope addicts. Parents need to exercise extreme caution when letting their offspring play this vile game.
Soo… not trespassing but attempted B&E. Glad to see that your headline is accurate. Nice job following “if it bleeds it leads” motto there.
Ugh, I typed that on my phone and it put in “their” in that last line…. It should read “they’re”.
This happened in my town. It’s total bs. He wasn’t trying to break in he was pressing against the window trying to pick up the signal and she shot him through the window when he was outside.
And you naturally assume the lady knew that? You were there and had first hand knowledge of the facts? This is an elderly lady living alone. She had no idea what or who was at the window or what their intentions were and she did not want to just wait and see. Fear does that to people. Had the kids not been on her property at the window it never would have happened. Tragic for all, including the lady. This “game” is having kids trespass into dangerous places and take risks. We just had two kids caught on video, climb over barriers in pursuit of this game where a fall would have seriously injured or killed them.
The deceased teenager’s friend reports that Arthur first circled the residence, triggering security lights as he attempted to get the Pokemon to appear. He then walked into an enclosed back porch of the residence, and when it still did not appear he started checking windows on the house and {{{{{{{{attempted to open them.}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Homeowner Ellen Jones, a 67-year-old widow who lived by herself in the home, was awoken by the sound of someone trying to open her bedroom window. She then armed herself with a 9mm pistol that had belonged to her deceased husband. She then went to use the telephone to call emergency services where she was surprised by the teenager attempting to gain access to the home through an unlocked kitchen window. The widow panicked and shot at the teen twice, striking him both times.
@James:
Oh, were you the one there with him? That’s about the only way you’d be aware of such a tiny distinction as “pressing against the glass” vs. “trying to open the window.”
Crimes occur in my town, too. Doesn’t mean my “Spidey senses” give me a detailed description of all of them as they happen. You’re just making up your own narrative to describe this incident, unless you were there yourself.
That’s what I was thinking. There’s a lot of that in the Kool-aid recently. People let one camera angle and a biased narrarator paint their opinions of the world, and now there are people being killed in retaliation of acts of violence that had nothing to do with them. Gotta love the sheep. We just need better leaders in this country.
Wow, are you guys being serious about the racism thing? You sure are stupid, I’m glad I’m not you because I’d probably end myself.
Racism, give me a break. People throw that word around entirely too often.
For the record, someone enters my house through the window, they get shot. End of story and zero questions asked. You don’t enter property that isn’t yours, most especially through something that isn’t an entrance. They may have been 15, but they should have known what could happen.
I sure as hell did, when I was 15.
lol, you can catch the pokemon from 50meters away. Total bullshit that you need to get into the house for that unless it’s a massive house. Nice excuse though, won’t hold.
@david. I agree!
Hey guys, just because in america there is a crazy fucking law that allows you kill people if they are inside your house doesn’t mean it’s not fucked up.
people do stupid shit, still don’t deserve a bullet in the brain. especially when it’s so easily legal.
Self defense, yes. but not if they are just by the window or fleeing. It’s wrong.
fucking americans.swear to god. HEY GUYS STRICTER GUN LAWS TO MAKE SURE TOTAL FUCKING IDIOTS AND RANDOM CRIMINALS SHOULDNT HAVE GUNS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE FUCKING CRAZY.
NO WAY GUYS THIS IS AMERICA IN MY CONSTITUTION MY GU?NIS MY FREE SPEECH.
MURRRICA
Read below she had every right to protect herself. He was attempting to open her bedroom window.
The deceased teenager’s friend reports that Arthur first circled the residence, triggering security lights as he attempted to get the Pokemon to appear.
{{{{{{ He then walked into an enclosed back porch of the residence, and when it still did not appear he started checking windows on the house and attempted to open them.}}}}}}
Homeowner Ellen Jones, a 67-year-old widow who lived by herself in the home, was awoken by the sound of someone trying to open her bedroom window. She then armed herself with a 9mm pistol that had belonged to her deceased husband. She then went to use the telephone to call emergency services where she was surprised by the teenager attempting to gain access to the home through an unlocked kitchen window. The widow panicked and shot at the teen twice, striking him both times.
@catfood. How is the crime rate where you are? Are there no guns? Do you have terror attacks going on? Not sure if you pay attention to any kind of national news but Americans need to protect themselves with everything going on. Rather than point fingers and criticize (cause obviously you don’t know what it’s like to live here and have that fear) we should all be praying for the strength of the child’s family and that old lady. This is a sad tragedy in which neither side will ever be the same. So until you can say you know that fear you should think of it from both sides.
@catfood This is not a “Murrica thing”. Although “Castle doctrine” is most commonly used in the United States, many other countries invoke comparable principles in their laws. The legal concept of the inviolability of the home has been known in Western civilization since the age of the Roman Republic. In English common law the term is derived from the dictum that “an Englishman’s home is his castle”. I don’t know where you live, but normally, if someone is attempting to secretly break into your house in the middle of the night through a window, they are violating your sanctuary, threatening your security and outright breaking the law. Even though the outcome of this particular event is sad (assuming he was really trying to imprudently play a game, and not just using the game as an excuse if he got caught committing the crime), the more typical outcome when a break-in occurs is that the elderly owner ends up being the one killed, raped or robbed. That is why the law normally sides with the home owner. As an owner, I do not possess the power to prevent a random person from deciding to try and break into my home, but as a random person, I have the power to chose not to attempt to break the law and enter another’s home unwelcomed through a window in the middle of the night. The person entering the home had the power to chose NOT to go through with this action which created an unsolicited threat to the owner and violation of their security. Someone standing on your porch at noon knocking on your front door is not the same threat level as an unknown stranger trying to secretly break into your unlocked window in the middle of the night.
This victim exercised excellent gun control. She hit with both shots. Far better than most police agencies that I read about.
It’s plenty fucked up, but that doesn’t change the fact that if you enter my house at 1am through the damn kitchen window, and im an elder with limited strength and mental awareness who has lost her husband, like stated so in this report, im going to grab that 9mm. In the dark you cannot distinguish the body of a 15 year old from the body of a grown man, I know many kids ages 14-17 who damn well have the height and body shape of an adult.
Proof that these games are stupid evil waste of time….ban them!!
People who want to ban things are generally morons. Just because you don’t like something or agree with something or understand something doesn’t mean it should be banned. That’s a very dangerous and stupid road to travel. Try to exercise a little intelligence and forethought before saying that ever again.
Who ever plays that shit in the 1st place should be shot
I’m glad there’s murder-happy idiots who are defending this cunt, good job idiots.
Natural selection at it’s finest.
Has the author heard of verifying sources? Oh wait, this isn’t really journalism. My bad.
While I don’t know what the laws are in America I just want to say a few things. I’m wondering how he was against the bedroom window. Surely it’d be difficult to get up against a bedroom window if it’s not a bungalow, let alone open it (if it was a bungalow, please let me know). Also, it seems very unlikely to me that a 67 year old woman would hear someone opening or at least trying to open a window and then grab a gun and shoot the teenager twice. Furthermore, why would a 15 year old try to get into someone’s house at 1am. I’d like to think that anyone over the age of 6 would know better than to go out at 1am without telling anyone and try to get into a house. Finally, I know for a fact that the range of you being able to fight a pokemon is quite large. I’ve played it from one end of my street and fought something at the other end. A house surely can’t be as big as a whole street and if it was then it’d have more than 1 floor. Before anyone says anything, I have read the article and quite a few comments so if I’m missing something then could someone fill me in.
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I can only tell you what I heard today via lamestream media. They claim kids / teens / adults are playing this game at night, many late at night. Players have showed up at fire departments, police stations and at businesses to play the game. Criminals are also using the game to lure people (players) into an ambush where they get robbed. I don’t see how this game can do any good, it has already caused plenty of problems.
I am not going to sit down and have you fill out a questionnaire about your intents and search you for a weapon if you are trying to break into my house. People routinely die in home invasions. My family’s and my own life is more important to me than anyone trying to break in and potentially do us harm. I won’t let you kill my family as I try to decide if you are armed or not. Not going to happen. I will fire center mass until the threat is stopped. Warning shots are illegal as you are responsible for where the round goes and could kill a real innocent person. They are dangerous. You give away you position allowing the enemy combatant to get a shot off on you. Legs and arms are dumb since in a gun fight you are not going to hit such small targets. Even if you do, they can still shoot back when wounded. You hesitate or try some stupid John Wayne stuff you die. I won’t risk my family’s or my own safety because the person might not want to hurt me. You already had a warning. Do not attempt to break into my house or you will be shot. No questions asked, no warning shots, no John Wayne shooting the weapon out of someone’s hand and no remorse or apologies. My family and I are more important than anyone who possess a threat.
There are dumbfccks and there are dead dumbfccks. The 15 year old is a dead dumbfcck. He is 15 for God’s sake!!! How are you so brainless?!?! He should already behave like an adult, or at least show signs of acting like an adult. What an idiot! But nevertheless, he did us all a favor in his last act. I can’t really see this kid growing up to be a doctor or an astronaut. And for all of you who are defending the idiot, talking tuff, please do me a favor, please download Pokémon Go on your phones and do the same tonight. Break into somebody’s house to catch your Pokémon, see what happens… I honestly can really sympathize with Satan. He’s got a really tough job. Having to deal with you idiots day after day… I hope God pays him good and not stick him with Obamacare garbage.
Shut the fuck up you idiot!
We all agree this is unfortunate, no one likes to hear about kids dying. But here’s the FACTS. The kid was breaking into another person’s house. In some states you can shoot someone on your property, let alone actually entering through a window. The kid, regardless of motive, is guilty. Furthermore, the woman had no idea who the kid was or what his motive was, she had every right to do what she did. But the biggest issue, is anyone blaming the game. The game has a HUGE search radius. Big enough that you don’t need to enter a house to discover a pokémon. if it was there, he’d have found it circling the house. I agree its sad, but the fact is he was completely in the wrong and the woman had no idea what was going on. That kid is responsible for his death, not the woman, not the game, just this kid making a very stupid mistake.
lol his name is “Digsby”, there’s a Pokemon called Diggersby. Anyway you’d have to be very stupid to break into someone’s house in the middle of the night and not expect retaliation. I also bet the kid was black. They have different morals. It also means nothing of value was lost.
They were trying to rob the house I am sure! There is no need to go info someones property to catch a pokemon! You just need to get withing 30 ft and it will appear! You dont need to open windows and go in a house. I have caught some from a public street that “appeared” in someones yard. I call BS on whoever told that story to the media! They were up to no good!! Cant blame the homeowner cant blame the game!
After thinking about this news article I’ve realise there’s a hidden element. he wasn’t breaking in to catch the Pokemon, it’s a bogus excuse.
I’ve played the game, you can catch Pokemon from across the street, you really don’t have to be close to them.
We can only know for sure that he broke in and was shot, how can we really know his intentions? The friend who was with him has reason to make up the excuse because it saves his ass. The fact they were playing Pokemon Go at 1am is suspicious enough.
I knew that this article would be about an incident in America before I even clicked the link. Only civilised place in the world where people engage a trigger before they engage their brain.
Shameful and embarrassing society.
A negro and his friend are trying to break into an old widow’s home at 2AM, and the fist thing the liberal thinks of is “well maybe the negro just wants some pie. Clearly he can’t be an actual threat!”
I enjoy it when a liberal pretends to be able to think, instead of just repeating whatever lie a Jewish comedian thought up for you.
No one wins
this is totally unacceptable.
the old lady needs to be sentenced to death. you can’t shoot whoever you see in your yard and get away with it.
what if it was the mailman or the milkman? this is just ridiculous!
If the milkman is trying to crawl through my window at 2AM he’s going to get shot too. Maybe you should teach your negro children to stop breaking into houses?
Candy, did you fail to note the time of day? Did you fail to note that the intruder was on an enclosed porch and trying to open a window? Have you failed to see the comments suggesting that the “Pokemon” claim may have been a lie; Pokemon does not require the player to enter a house.
I would not have fired while the intruder was still outside, but that is only because I hate paperwork. Had he been inside of my house when I found him, and I was satisfied that he had no business being there, I would probably shot. “Unarmed” doesn’t cut it. I am old and feeble, and it would take no time at all, and little strength, to overcome me. I won’t permit it.
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HE WUZ A GUD BOY! HE AIN’T TRYIN’ TO BREAK INTO DAT HOME! HE WUZ JUST LOOKIN’ FOR DEM POKEMANS!
I’ve played a bit of Go to know you can capture them Pokemons from 100′ away while driving past them in a car. Just don’t use AR mode. You have no need to break into someone’s home.
This is just another classic case of dindus doin’ nuffin wrang.
When will America learn…. Another moron with a gun kills a kid. Yet America blames the kid. If she doesn’t own a gun because it’s illegal, a child doesn’t die. She would have time to react rationally or at least with none lethal force. She should be tried for manslaughter and serve 15 years in prison for pulling the trigger twice without asking a single question. Which she would be in a sane country full of sane people.
Or maybe they were burglars and using pokemon as a front
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The world we live in… It’s no longer virtual reality if people start jumping in front of cars or across rooftops, or simply break into someones home. For what – Pokemons?
Good. Natural Selection.
More pokemon retards dead, please.