Teen Kills Twin Brother In Dispute Over Video Game

[matcom]

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LAKEVILLE -- A heated dispute over a video game may have led an 18-year-old to fatally shoot his twin brother early Wednesday morning.

Phillip Littler is being held in the St. Joseph County Jail, accused in the slaying of Neal Littler III.

Police were not providing details, but several residents and a source close to the investigation said a video game played a part.

Police say Littler fled the scene but was apprehended near the intersection of U.S. 31 and New Road shortly after the 1 a.m. shooting at Orchard Apartments, 100 Motts St.

Yellow crime scene tape had been removed from the area by Wednesday afternoon, but a path of large footprints remained stamped in the melting snow.

The path, left by police and homicide investigators, led to the backside of unit 13.

A shattered sliding glass door provided an eerie peephole into the second-floor apartment where the boys had been staying with their grandmother, June McCrum.

Neighbors described McCrum, a waitress at Honker's Family Restaurant in Mishawaka, as a hard worker who usually kept to herself.

Restaurant owner Jeff Nickerson said McCrum called him Wednesday to say she would not be in for her morning shift.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/12/16/local.20041216-sbt-LOCL-A1-Teen_accused.sto

[Zuni]

1. Why would anyone name their resturaunt Honkers?

[Gothic Sponge]

4. Sounds like a Hooters wannabe.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. All the waiters and waitresses wear masks like this....

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I bet it was Mr. Happy Goes To Marshmallowland that led to this!

Ban all non-violent video games!

[paula777]

3. You wrote this article yourself ... this can't be real

Everything they mention just seems like such a joke.

[zbdent]

6. It was a case of mistaken identity

The killer really was depressed and wanted to commit suicide but got confused . . .


(sorry, I couldn't resist)

[Deja Q]

7. Whoa-hoa, more family values at play!

Oops, at work... oh well! :crazy:

Which video game was it? I bet it was something by the acronym G.T.A. ...