Dad shoots son after refusing to look at his Xbox 360

In Monroe County, Pennsylvania, police say that it was an argument over an Xbox 360 console that led to a son asking his father to shoot him, and he complied. The 17-year-old boy reportedly wanted his father, James Stanley Niedosik, 60, to look at his Xbox 360 Friday night.

[Darkiewonder]

"However, when the father didn’t want to, an argument ensued. During the dispute, the boy handed his father a rifle and told him to shoot him, and he did."

I don't know who is more stupid.

[xplosneer]

and I'm going to bet that the dad is saying that the kid asked to shoot him.

Edit: Wow the kid survived a heat shot no kidding! Oh, and he's currently heavily sedated, so that's the dad talking, of course.

[gamesR4fun]

indeed lol shoot me dad or look at my 360 ok son bang lol
dont think the gene pool would be worst off if he hadnt survived it...

ps to all the its a American thing all I can say is people are wack all over not just the USA....
Also the ones who are saying its cause he owns a 360 get a life if it was a wii or a ps3 you wouldn't be saying that crap.... might has well be insulting all gamers and that wouldnt be good mkay

[BrianC6234]

You missed the end then. The boy's mother said his father shot him but knows it was an accident. How stupid. Did he think it was the latest videogame controller? Honest officer, I didn't know the gun was real. I thought it was a controller. What a dumb family.

[DARKKNIGHT]

attempted hillbilly homocide?

seriously now. that dont sound right.

[ravinash]

What a bunch of losers.

[The Brave 1]

Wow it really is the Red Ring Of Death!piece of crap!

[AzaziL]

The dad in this story sounds like he has issues (and probably passed some of em down to his son) especially if the person was such a jerk that he didn't have the few seconds to just look at a dead 360 but had the time to argue with him as well as shoot him in the face.

Seriously, any sane person wouldn't even aim a gun at anyone (unless necessary) much less your own sons head and then pull the trigger. This ******* deserves to be locked up for murder since he obviously took the opportunity for it.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

STUPIDITY . LOL ...BANG BANG BITCK

[GCO Gamer]

Thats sad

[bourner]

why did a 17yr old have a gun . can anyone in america get a gun because at that age i find it hard to believe anyone is responsible

[Timesplitter14]

In America, you can have a gun before you have the right to drink, drive and see humans in natural form (nudity). I think the legal age is 14 years old. What a nonsense. I'm not even surprised that this country is so violent and pro-war.

[Tsukasah]

If you're part of a hunting family you can get a gun as early as 11. I had my first gun when I was 12.. a .22. Now I'm 15 with about 8 guns. I live in Illinois but getting guns is easy in the USA. Mostly because of hunting.

[Spydiggity]

the people of the country aren't pro war. the government is. and the government lies to the people about who we need to go to war with. the rednecks back up the government and then the rest of us, who hate the idea of violence and war, get shunned for being "too passive." for every 1 war supporter i know, there are about 200 i know that hate the idea all together.

also, i don't knwo anyone that would intentionally harm their own family members. this is just a messed up family, the news only focuses on minority events that involve some sort of tragedy. don't expect to ever read happy news about video games from a main steam media, EVER.

[Jdash24]

why would any parent shoot their kid? thats just plain terrible

[lockload]

But Jack Thompson will blame it on doom

[Gordii]

Damn and the kid only has one more year of child support to pay....
Well we all know there is wacko's i mean look he owned a xbox360 enough said....
Ok all joking aside.... This is kinda pretty horrible i mean I live in PA so i kinda know everyone around here doesn't have their head on straight but wow. How sad is this but i know there are a lot of people like that father if the kid says something i bet the kid will never say that again. Its kinda like do you really want me to do this and the kid is screaming yes... Well he was the dumb kid who loaded the gun and said shoot me i mean even i would be like What are you kidding me?!?!?!?

[Rattles]

yanks.

[radical_pi]

because there are no stupid people in england. right i forgot about that.

idiot.

[Neurotoxin]

Yep there are plenty of stupid people in england, i`d say roughly 25% of the population...

.... Luckly though we don`t allow guns to be sold to idiots.

[freakyzeeky]

I know I read weird news here every once is a while... But this is just unbelieveable. My god! That's horrible! :O

[TheHater]

Human being stupidity never stop to amaze me and show me how stupid we are. Why the hell did they have a gun in the first place?

[INehalemEXI]

sad

[Forbidden_Darkness]

ok, Damphear, i dont like the xbox 360 console, but come on now WTF? why you have to go and say that kind of crap? especially when this happened. wow, humanity is really going to hell, killing people over the stupidest of crap nowadays. dont say crap like that, its uncalled for and retarded. i cant believe thats all you got out of that... you are truelly heartless.

things like this are getting out of control!

[Damphear]

do you think he really just shot his kid?? no they were on drugs or this probly never happend "dought it did" and heartless just like us government sex slave trade?

cmon man its a joke. but still any one willing to buy an xbox should be taken to jail for crimes agents humanity

[DaEnforcer]

Crazy xbots

[Tsukasah]

I tend to think that the xbots and the sonydroids are equal. A fanboy is a fanboy. A Fanboy is an illogical fruit cake with no real facts but overused opitions and an overly-stretched truth.

[Screaming Mantis]

This really isnt a questions of fan boys this is about a young adult, (who deservers to die) over reacting about hit 360 breaking. I've personally suffered the RROD and all i did was take it to a repair shop who did this guy thnk his dad was a microsoft tech.His father is just as bad as well personally i belive they should both either be locked up or killed yo remove thier (clearly poor) genetic make up from the gene pool.

[IntelligentAj]

Maybe i'm by myself on this one but what is getting shot gonna do for your 360, aside from leaving no one to play it?

[joemomma]

People shot over ps3:at least a dozen
People shot over 360:1

[destroyah]

PS3's are worth more and they're the most wanted console on the market. people are just in denial about it until they finally buy one themselves.

[Damphear]

yea the ps3 i'd say is worth shooting some on in the leg. not killing them. unless they had 4 ps3s then yes take him out and snag all 4.

you can just shoot the xbox sence its going to die soon

[KidMakeshift]

Well doesn't the PS3 remind you of the black monolith from 2001: Space Odyssey?

[HarryEtTubMan]

LOL The Ghettobox is already the price of the Wii and can't outsell the PS3 HAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA SOOO FUNNY. Get PWND XBOTS.... GET PWWWNNNDDDD!

[name]

lol why is the RROD picture showing? Is it a pun on the word death or something.

[Shadow Flare]

no, its just hard to take a picture of a 360 without a red ring

[IGNFTW]

CAN CAUSE THE MIND TO DO STRANGE THINGS

[supermandead666]

BOOM! HEAD SHOT!

[mullet]

LMFAO

[fopums]

there are serious issues with that family, aside from the shootings the mothers reactions are equally insane.

"it was an accident" WTF?! So if he had popped him in the foot it would have been okay?! and that shooting him would fix his xbox?

the gene pool is shallow these days

[gano]

Insulting is the fact that the father complied!!!
This stuff is starting to make gaming seem bad with the news
lately. Homie was pissed at sumtin this christmas....
Damn....

[redwingsrock]

so much for only people getting shot over ps3's

[SpaceCowgirl]

"Dad that guy is totally hacking, there is no way you can survive a headshot, this x-box is crap!"

"oh, can't survive a headshot eh son?"

BANG!

[RecSpec]

Even though it is wrong to joke about this, it's hard to resist. Stupid things happen, people laugh. Jokes are always in bad taste to someone.

Seriously though, how the hell did that conversation go?

They must have been trying to pay homage to Old Yeller.

[Gazman]

I was not going to say it but thats one mental fanboy

[Mr PS3]

Hell if i had a kid and he asked me for an xbox!! I'd shoot him in his ass

[Waffle-boy]

"The young boy is now suing Microsoft for their malicious hardware."

:p

This happened in America, I presume?

[THE DUKE]

dam Americans and their guns

[Noodlecup]

not all, but some need to really smarten up and drop this "I'm invincible!" mentality they carry. If he hadn't have been such an idiotic patriot in the first place and bought the console to help his own economy no doubt this wouldn't have happened and he would've taken notice to the 33% failure rate.

[Skerj]

I'm surprised attempted murder wasn't in any of those charges, aggravated assault!? Oh I'm sorry you pissed me off so I had to LODGE A BULLET IN YOUR SKULL, go American Justice system. Let's see what the kid says when he wakes up.

[Nemesis99]

this kinda thing can only happen in america.

[InMyOpinion]

Can't blame a whole country for incidents like this. I think it's about weapon policies. Stricter gun laws might help prevent stuff like that from happening. If there were no guns lying around he would not have the option to shoot his son. I'm aware that it's not as easy as that, but more guns won't make anyone safer in the long run.

[RecSpec]

Everyone in this town is REQUIRED to carry a gun, and this is strictly enforced.

Guess what? Kennesaw has the lowest, i repeat, LOWEST crime rate in the US.

It's not because we have the guns that problems are caused, it's because idiots have the guns. Don't say that we should restrict gun ownership. People who shouldn't have the guns in the first place would still get them. While innocent people wouldn't have them. Does that seem like a good scenario?

[Harred]

I can imagine his dad's anger, what if he'd lost his CoD4 gamesave?

[Fresh]

whether to feel sorry for both of them or lmfao at both of them for being so dumb.

[WilliamRLBaker]

and this has any thing to do with gaming?

[Cartesian3D]

I love americans.. they live in a HALO world.. (JK ok?)

may be Counter strike ! ..
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HEAD SHOT!!!! OMG!
------------Kills----Death--- --Headshot----ping
1- DADDY------1--------0--------- -1---------12
2- SON--------0--------1--------- -0---------202

btw I have a question.. buying Grenade is ok in there? or not? how about smoke?

I cant believe this story. it cant be true. :( thank No.1 comment
WHO is MORE STUPID ? ..

[zPlayer]

if so then the sons should be lower too.

[TheXgamerLive]

1. I haven't seen this yet in a P.A. Newspaper yet, so is it really true?

2. Why the fony sony fan boys red ring pic? Be inteligent and use a real pic.

[radical_pi]

someone with a gunshot wound?

[whoelse]

Man what an odd story to shift our minds from the goings on with Blu-ray and stuff.

[stuntman_mike]

if true thats very sad that someone would do that, also stories like this dont help the gaming industry just more fuel for that clinton bird and jack thompson.

[Rexysgod]

THE TRUTH IS FINALLY OUT! --PS3= MERCEDES BENZ , XBOX360=FORD CONTOUR. (My apology to SONY'S PS3)
Ps3 is the best entertainment system out there. Just take the Ps3 for a test drive and you will send your xbox 360 to the Pawn shop.
I don't care about this anymore since i think it doesn't make sense to pay for Xbox live and all those money you will have to spend on your xbox 360 after buying it. Honestly, only people who are very weak in economics will think the xbox 360 is Cheaper than the Ps3. i just found out that the Ps3 is the superior system. there is no doubt about Ps3 being the Mercedes in the gaming world. Microsoft can keep my xbox live accounts and my points that was binding me to xbox 360. I saw the light when i took a friends Ps3 for a test drive. Its power and features are way better compared to my xbox 360. i can't believe Gamestop convinces people to buy an xbox360 because of their look warm attitude towards the Ps3. Comparing my Xbox to the PS3 is like comparing Ford Contour to a mercedes Benz. installing leather and allow wheels on a Ford contour will never make it a Mercedes Benz. END OF STORY. Gamestop workers Stop spreading lies and display ps3 products the same way you display xbox360 products. Customers have the right to know the truth. The media should know light will always prevail over darkness.HONESTY!!!!!!

[n00dl3s]

Wow, I love the morons on here attributing this to them being American. I hope you all trip while you're walking down the sidewalk and fall into traffic.

[JasonX43]

What is the world coming to when a father shoots his son in the head with a rifle?! I don't know anymore...

[heyheyhey]

i told you xbots are angry- they cant go 30 secs without violence

[joemomma]

Thats because all 360 fans are angry football jocks.

[Bombomb]

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with xbox fans, I've heard worst stories than that. I forgot this is n4g.

Well don't they just love eachother.There is osme thing more serious here than an xbox.

so the first xbox 360 martyr.

[ScottEFresh]

Well this makes sense...the kid did own an Xbox, after all. I would have asked someone to shoot me too.

[zPlayer]

thats america! freaking idiot dad?!

[ban fans]

people are looking at a tragic story such as this and turning it into a PS3 vs 360 debate or even a American vs European issue. It is a terrible event and obviously has nothing to do with the game system. There were some MAJOR issues in that house before this occered. And the whole "American" thing, I'm sure there are plenty of stupid and unneccissary assaults and deaths in England over stupid material things. This is not funny in any way, shape or form.

[Pika-pie]

Only in America

[Daxx]

Not all Americans are gun crazy psycho paths that just want to shoot people! If you took away our guns the bad people would just smuggle them in and good people, like myself, would have no way to properly defend themselves against an armed criminal.

I as an American citizen have a right to bare arms. The only reason I own a gun is so that if the time comes where I have to defend myself or my family from harm.

But this case with the father shooting his son was just not any normal homicidal circumstance. There must have been some seriously f*cked up things going on in that household before the murder.

[liquidsnake]

Well that's why USA is so f*cked up mate, since everyone is telling "Im going to protect my family, and Im only gonna use it for self defence...Honest!". Well that's why you have city's like Detroit where they are killing eachother 24/7. F*cking yanks, weapons should be banned in the first palce.

[PS3Freak]

in an episode of family guy there is a random joke that shows the founding fathers writing the constitution. They said that everyone has the right to bear arms hanging over their fireplaces. Too bad americans screwed that one up. I'm glad i live in canada where i wont get shot for the most ridiculous sh!t, and we don't decide "hey, lets invade countries and take their resources, and while we're at it make it seem like we are doing it for a real reason" America is a disgrace to the entire world.

[spectyre]

Detroit is a primarily African American city. What are you trying to say?

[haloblows]

We need weapons to defend ourselves because the bad people would just smuggle it in and then we would be f*cked.Dude, stop calling us yanks, its really annoying so just go and enjoy your constitutional monarchy.

Yeah, what are trying to say redcoat?

[spectyre]

Detroit is a primarily African American city. What are you trying to say?

They also said it was a .22 caliber rifle which is pretty worthless for self defense, that is why the kid didn't die from a head shot.

The reason America's 2nd ammendment is so important is because that way we can defend ourselves from our government, kind of keep them in check. A fine example of this is when Hitler first took power in Germany. One of the first things he did was ban all guns, that way anyone who opposed him was relatively defenseless. Man that worked out well.

I realise everyone can't be a civilized as the Europeans, like sending someone to jail for naming a teddy bear Muhammed, or having to appear in court for writing a book with unpopular opinions. Some of the worlds most brutal dictators were educated in France.

[liquidsnake]

Are you guys being racists now? What difference does it make if they are african-american. They are STILL citizens of USA. They STILL have a responsibility. Such a pathetic way to try covering it up by blaming the black community. That very same shooting and killing is still going on in your country.

Oh and sorry about that yank thing if someone found it offensive.

[radical_pi]

@ ps3freak: all i have to say is you live in canada, so your opinion on anything really doesnt mean sh1t to anyone. im not sure if a country can get more useless than canada.

crime is crime, dipshit. it happens everywhere, we just happen to have more people.

[XxCYONIDExX]

Something in this story doesn't sound right. Why would he ask his dad to look at his 360. What did he need his confirmation that it was red ringed?

[liquidsnake]

I guess xbox can make anyone go crazy.

[Zomgbie]

Your fanboy power level is OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!

[Daxx]

I'm leaving N4G for good.

No one here has an ounce dignity anymore.

[Zomgbie]

O RRY?

[LKane]

freaking hicks

[TwissT]

Really this is why they should not allow guns to be sold to residents in America. For protection or not it is still dangerous, there are other ways for protection besides firearms. And I do not mean this for America either there are tons of places with gun violence and gun related murders.

[PS3Freak]

only in america... and only over a 360. The kid would still be fine if he just woulda had a ps3 or even a wii. What problems is the 360 gonna cause next... doomsday? Global warming? haha who knows.

[i Shank u]

the good thing 360 does: it doesnt make me talk sh!t about other videogame consoles like a f@g :)

[The BS Police]

This video proves you wrong.

[mintaro]

wow......just wow......

[kangolar102]

umm.... that's ridiculous.
some people lack common sense.

[LJWooly]

So, pw finds this story, then posts it on n4g with a picture of a 360 with the RRoD.

So, a kid gets shot by his dad, and it gets turned into a fanboy argument.

Also, what's wrong with all the people on this thread? Did you all get keyboards without commas, full stops, and caps locks?

[Pipebomb]

I bet the stupid sh!t never asks someone to shoot him again. People are such morons.

[unlimited]

if only microsoft built a better hardware..sigh..

[Zomgbie]

If only fanboys would die.

[Matpan]

Well... you know that case in europe a couple of years ago when a guy pretended to be a FF(cant remember which number they are sooooo many) character and killed his parents and brother with a katana... (or killed the brother and injuried the parents... anyways, it was pretty sick)

Some people just can´t handle life...

[LightningPS3]

hahaha

[Hypnotic]

I'm willing to bet that this story isn't even true.

[Tsukasah]

Either the people were smoking something, or they were drunk. I dont even need to read the story now... comments and the first paragraph or w/e are just fine. This sounds like some BS made up story to blame for this. I dont know what im talking about do i x.x i cant explain it i need to lay of the monster!! my 4th one today! w0000))OO!O!

[texism]

Jack Thompson in 5...4...3...2...

Also, this story sounds like hit-bait. It's too stupid and ridiculous to be true.

[Ahhhh]

OMG, I Love it.

All the Ps3 [immature] Fanboys are dissing the 360 and that's, and the ONLY reason, why this happened.

All the people from other countries are dissing America and that's, and the ONLY reason, why this happened.

How did I know that this was all that was going to be said? Hmph. Well, cause that's whats always said.

Humanity is so ƒucked up and won't be around too much longer with idiots like everyone in this topic. And, the moronic father and son.

[Forsaken]

Yeah but given that its american kiddies, it probably is. But why the hell does that kid want to shoot himself just 'cause of an xbox malfunction. Why the hell does he have a gun, a calibur nonetheless?

-.-

[Bleucrunch]

Their are some really bored people in this world nowadays, my gosh and we have some pretty stupid people as well.

[DFresh]

360 causes murders and problems.
PS3 equals solutions and relieve.
The only violence ever brought up by the PS3 was it's release date after 3 people were killed in a New York Best Buy release.
Rather would a have a few problems then a whole lot = 360.

[DrPirate]

Some of your responses make me sick.

Why most of you have internet and allow yourself to spew your garbage on a public forum where everyone can see what a mindless, ignorant, uncultured, idiot you are goes beyond me.

I don't even care if this story is true or not, seeing the reactions has made this story very real for me. Instead of refusing to call myself a gamer so I wouldn't have to be associated with any of you, I'll just label the rest of you unfit to be gamers, and unfit to be reasonable, rational human beings with a shred of dignity and humanity.

Edit to the asshat who just PM'd me "Shut up Xbot" (And you know who you are): I'm a PS3/PSP Fan, I don't own a 360 fyi. You don't have to be an X-Box fan to be able to say that the comments in this news article are just plain wrong.

[LJWooly]

Exactly what I was thinking, it makes you think that the Jack Thompson's of the world may actually - god forbid - have a point.

Look at the story picture, a console with RRoD. A father and a son have a confrontation and the father nearly kills his son, and all gamers do is have a stupid console war over it. Pathetic, ain't it?

Sometimes, I too, am ashamed to call myself a gamer, what with the negative stereotypes surrounding the gaming community, and it's all because of pimple-ridden, basement-dwellers like some of the ones who comment above, and the guy who submitted this news.

[ban fans]

I can't agree with you more. I joined this site because I enjoy video games and had the idea (wrong unfortunately) that I could go on here and find relevant stories and talk shop with fellow game lovers. But all I've found is a bunch of immature people spouting off at each other. Some one nearly dies and they laugh and turn it into a PS3 vs 360 or American vs the rest off the world debate.

Sad. And it's these very comments and immature actions that Jack Thompson and crew are going to leap at and say, "see, these 'kids' aren't mature enough to handle this type of material." People think this is all a big joke.

If you want to argue politics or gun rights, find a different forum. If you want to turn a story such as this into a gaming console debate, get a life and a shred of human compassion. This tragic event was not about a video game system, there were deep issues in this household long before this event. And who among us lives in such a perfect world that we don't know some one with a strained relationship (granted, this case is extreme). Before you look down on people and make jokes, take a look in the mirror. Your world isn't so perfect either, and if you think it is, your ego is sadly inflated.

PS - Is there such a thing as a game news sight that has some sort of standard for intelligence and rational thought that doesn't devolve into rabid fanboyism?

[Ahhhh]

Yup, some people are ƒucked up.. Yup, it is pathetic. And, yup, nobody will pay attention.

[Fanboy Slaughter]

I'm really starting to like the notion of Eugenics and selective breeding. Our entire world has been completely overrun by genetically inferior morons, and I think it's high time we start weeding out the stupid people.

And sadly, yes, I'm very serious about this. If anybody has seen the movie "Idiocracy" (Mike Judge's unknown masterpiece), the first five minutes of that movie thoroughly explains why human society should require a certain IQ level just to be allowed to exist.

Seriously, people who are THIS stupid with American-level freedoms are truly the most dangerous people on the planet. I believe that Freedom should be distributed based on three factors: IQ, General Mental health and Inherent Reasoning Ability. If you don't meet the criteria, then we'll have a special place for you to go where you can eat, drink, fart and generally exist for our amusement.

[LJWooly]

Going by your ideology, it's a little presumptive of you to assume that you're not one of the ones who should go to that 'special place'. In fact, i'm probably one of the ones who would deserve to.

I'm not calling you dumb, i'm just saying that there are much better, and tolerant, ways of dealing with people like this.

[Forsaken]

That is a very funny and incredible solution. However, given that we are humans and not the Inner Party of 1984, the ethics code cannot be breached. :D

Is there a way to create a different column for these type of news?

[Fanboy Slaughter]

I'm aware that my "solution" is very 1984-ish and ideological, but I wrote it knowing fully well that it has a snowball's chance in hell of ever really happening. I meant for it to be funny for the most part, but in some way you really gotta have some kind of concern for where the human race as a whole is going.

[Doctor Strange]

Just plain stupid.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

and it turns into a fan boy fight... wow.

[n00dl3s]

This is why guns should be legal. So stupid people can shoot each other.

The way I see it, providing this is true, it's just one less dumbass on the planet.

[mirroredderorrim]

lol@ red ring of death photo. I can't believe this article, though. Why a father would shoot his own son is ridiculous.

[feejo]

The name RROD mean more now, I it so sad.

[GITPWNED]

F*cking hillbillies.