Suspect Shoots 9 People, Kills 2, Leaves Roommate His PS3

This past Saturday night, suspect Erik Salvador Ayala fired shots into a random crowd in Portland, Oregon. After killing two and injuring seven, Ayala shot himself in the head. The gaming connection?

Ayala is described as being "quiet" and those who knew him say this shooting comes as a complete surprise. This shooting is the worst shooting in Portland's history.

[xlx-russ_92]

wat a dumbass

[Pandemic]

If I was in the Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub and heard gunshots and also saw the manager go down..... I would go grab a broom stick and start hitting the gunman until he falls to his knees! (That's if he was still standing before he put the gun to his head)

[LoVeRSaMa]

OMG SOMEONE SHOT SOME PEOPLE ARE THERE WAS A GAMES CONSOLE FOUND IN APARTMENT (PS3), GAMING IS BAD, SOMEONE CALL SONY!!!

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Its likely Crazy people play Computer games also, but are kotaku meant to be a fan of gaming?

would they go so far as to report this in bad light just to highlight the fact that it was a PS3 in the guys room?

[GrieverSoul]

Whatever the guys problem, it doenst justify is actions!

If he didnt want to live he should have killed himself (like he did) but didnt have to hurt anybody! Im sorry but this guys is a DUMBASS! If he suicided I would be more comprehensinve towards him but taking others lives just gets me pissed! Dont get me started on suicide tendencies related to video games just because he left is PS3 to his room mate! What happened to the X360 and the PC? He played left for Dead right? Why isnt the title, PS3, X360 and a PC involved in homicide/suicide act?
Unless his Left for Dead version is that exclusive that came out in fictional threads 2 weeeks ago for the PS3!

EDIT: Maybe it was the PC version of Left for Dead!

[Maddens Raiders]

I can't believe you brought millions of black people voting in to this equation you close-minded, condescending, racist phuck. What about millions of white people that voted and hispanics and asians retard? I'm tired of you spreading your disgusting FUD on this site.

OBAMA WON -- get over it, and stop whining; loser.

Goodbye -you're perma-banned on my PSN....can't believe I added someone like you. >_>

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This is completely outrageous. They need to try and keep this guy alive so that he can be drawn and quartered.

[skagrerrrr]

it's a sad day

[Raoh]

wow

just wow

[spacetoilet]

Portland is so chill too. Just goes to show, our gun laws + nut jobs = tragedy.

**edit**
I bet the loser that disagreed with me is a right wing NRA failure of a human. HAHA OBAMA won beatch!
"Uh, we need our guns, coz aaww..the constitution says we can defend...and my
M4 carbine is designed to shoot holes in paper targets..." etc

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I didn't hit disagree, but I'm with that guy. It's too late to get rid of guns. Had they never gotten out to the public in the first place, I'd be with you. However, many people do need them for protection. Unfortunately, most of the people defending that law are complete morons.

You're a liberal because you wanted to fight "the man" and bring peace to all the world, right? Well, wake up. Turn off 30 Rock and research this crap for yourself.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

...and Obama won because the media turned America against Bush.

That and millions of black people decided to vote this year for some reason. I can't quite pinpoint the reason...but I'll let you know when I do.

[Eiffel]

Love how you all steered this towards offtopic

Bubbles +

[CaptainKratos]

FAak i play Resistance. Weird suicide note.

[LoVeRSaMa]

"As an aside, the Oregon press also points out that he enjoyed playing Resistance and Left 4 Dead."

Last Time I checked L4D wasn't on PS3, does this mean he had a Med/High spec PC or an Xbox360 that wasnt mentioned in this artical?

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

med/high specs???

You pretty much just need a basic PC to run anything using the Source engine. Even most integrated cards will suffice.

[LoVeRSaMa]

Yes, I agree as I run CSS on my laptop, but Computers that are older then 5 years will struggle to run things using the Source Engine properly, and with L4D being a recent revision of the Source Engine the requirments will also have gone up.

I think that I wouldent dare run L4D or CSS on anything less then my laptop which has the Stats of a med PC ^_^

Just pointing out that a PC or 360 wasnt mentioned in this Artical at all, but its likely that he owned one of the 2.

Keeping people Visual I guess...

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Bubbles for keeping us all visual.

[LoVeRSaMa]

Same for questioning my reasion and then being reasonable yourself, not many people are able to listen to opinions and find truth even though they have challenged first.

[TheColbertinator]

Videogames were at fault.

If we eliminate video games,we will not have violence in our society.After all before they were invented,violence was rare /sarcasm

[Ps_alm3k]

he had waited till feb 27.....
my heart goes to the teenagers...
He can go to H***

[FantasyStar]

Hypothetically speaking, if I cleared out an entire street/school and killed over 100 people(knowing me, I can easily land into 400). I would not shoot myself in the head. That would be a waste. I would want to live to see the legacy I have created. For entertainment, and of course to see people's expressions as they watch me from the witness box. If there's anything I learned from video games and life and sports, and everything else: it's that you have to take responsibility for your actions:Remorsefully or Emphatically. Shooting yourself in the head to avoid persecution is contrary to the previous sentence.

[GrieverSoul]

I read your coment and I think u need some kind of head treatment!

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In a crowded street I could easily score a 1000! o.O

NOTE: People tend to humorize things to cheer others up when things go wrong! If you get depressed with this kind of news, I bet my joke putted a little smile on your face for 0.5 seconds! That smile is hapiness and thats why this world continues to move forward despite some idiot that shoots random people on the street!

[Amnesiac]

RUNNING RIOT!!!!!!!!!!

[FantasyStar]

Griever, ya I laughed for about .5 seconds. Good call!

1000 people? you wish!

[slave2Dcontroller]

If only this took place inside of Kotaku's office... I KID!!!!!!

[GrieverSoul]

OMG! O.O

Funny though! ;)

[xg-ei8ht]

ROT in hell you piece of sh^t.

Looks to me like, jealous of people, always watch the quiet ones. They keep it all in, and then explode. and in the process hurt alot of people.

Why is it though, ever fuker that wants to kill themselves always take innocent people with them.

SAD. Condolences to the family's.

[nycredude]

yeah while you watch the quiet when, BOOM the loud mutherfugder in the back caps you!

This shiat is sad i don't know but if you want to off yourself why do you have to take people with you? Freaking idiot if you ask me!

Also, WTF everyone waiting to getting into a nightclub are teens? What is the drinking age in Portland?

[Hot_tea]

@LeonSKennedy or whatever the f()ck your name is, that comment shows how insanely idiotic and religion driven, rednecks and sheep can be in this country.
The Bible. ROFL!

[Bebedora]

God only made some stupid people write the bible as a private practical joke. Now he can laugh at us for milleniums to come.

[Amnesiac]

haha

[poeo]

if a HOLY book says something, it must be true! the same book (Old Testament) also says that eating shellfish is a sin. just like being gay is! makes sense huh?

it also contains sh*t like this:

"Deuteronomy 22:23-24 NAB)
If within the city a man comes upon a maiden who is betrothed, and has relations with her, you shall bring them both out of the gate of the city and there stone them to death: the girl because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbors wife."

let's stone a girl to death because she didnt cry! LOL!

god writes good books, yeah...

EDIT: sorry for off-topic rant, but i WILL respond whenever someone justifies homophobia with religion (LeonSKennedy4Life)

[bohemian 23]

Can you blame the guy? After all he did own a ps3, Buyer's remorse.

[TheOutsider]

Go and shoot yourself you piece of s**T!! Better yet, I hope your 360 burns your whole damn house down with you in it! you worthless BOT!!

[mariusmal]

ohhh he donated his ps3 to his friends. what a sweet guy cof cof /sarcasm

[Jamaicangmr]

Am sure all serial killers have/had bibbles so what is this article really tryin to say?

[bigjclassic]

and yet we get comments about blacks and homosexuals. Being a black male in America(D.C. resident) I can tell you that majority of people (including Blacks) voted for him because Oprah told her sheep too. I was very depressed going into the election because black americans can be sheepish and do whatever the media tells them to.

I voted for Mc.Cain simply because he wasn't about raising taxes to fix the economy and will help big business.

[Mutley416]

The Guy should have played COD or R2 instead...You can shoot as many as you want...and you get trophies...Tragic-

[Radiodread]

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[Crystallis]

This country needed change. Now how much change would occur if Mccain was voted president. And do you know who obama is going to tax? The rich folk who have been getting a free ride since bush was in office will get taxed heavenly,along with the oil company's. And you mentioned big businesses need to be helped. Big business do not need to be helped, its the folks who have to pay $4.00 a gallon of gas just to get to work who need the help. And who do you think all that gas money is going to, THE BIG BUSINESSES. This country needed change and obama is the man for it, not a man who didn't make sense half the time like bush.

[xg-ei8ht]

That bible quote had me ROFL.

Religion is control - Nothing more. None of the books were written by god.

All prophets born on the same day, bright star, brought gifts, were excuted, reborn after 3days.

The only thing i believe in is HULA-HOOPS, Because they'll be round forever.

Go open your mind to the truth.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch...