OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Are video games desensitizing young people to death? We don’t know, but it seems that way. An Oklahoma teenager has been arrested after stabbing his brother to death after becoming “enraged” over a video game, Fox 9 KMSP reported.
Oklahoma City police were called to a reported domestic stabbing at around 8:30 p.m. on January 18, KFOR reported. On arrival, responding officers found two brothers, 19-year-old William Spencer and 25-year-old Nicholas Spencer, were playing video games when a dispute arose between the siblings, resulting in William allegedly stabbing Nicholas.
“The calling person called in and said they had just stabbed their brother; officers got here and found a male with serious stab wounds,” Oklahoma City Police Master Sgt. Rob Robertson said, according to the outlet.
Paramedics transported Nicholas to the hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
“Very tragic story,” Master Sgt. Gary Knight told reporters during a news conference, according to Law & Crime. “Two brothers who were playing video games. One became enraged over the game, got so mad at the other, and simply stabbed him to death.”
Knight said that the suspect “stayed at the scene.”
“He was taken into custody, interviewed, and then also booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center.”
William Spencer has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held on a $10 million bond. It is unknown when his next court appearance is scheduled.
Police told reporters that the killing was one of four murders that took place in Oklahoma City last weekend, a number they called “unusual.”
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