Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates

New submitter Lord_Breetai sends word that a Louisiana high school student has been arrested for using a mobile app to simulate shooting his classmates. The app overlays an FPS-style gun and UI over a real background seen through the device's camera. The student tried it out and then unwisely posted a video of it on YouTube. Another student's parent saw the video and reported it to authorities. Major Wolfe of the local police said, "You can't ignore it. We don't know at what time that game becomes reality. He said it was a result of him being frustrated and tired of being bullied. He said that he had no intentions of hurting anybody. We have to take all threats seriously and we have no way of knowing that without investigating and getting to the bottom of it. With all the school shooting we've had in the United States, it's just not a very good game to be playing at this time." The boy is now facing criminal charges for terrorizing and interference of the operation of a school.

Comments

Really?

[nospam007]

If they'd discovered his Whip-App, he would have been accused of racism too.
Not to mention the beer app, since he's under 21.

App to simulate arresting him?

[linebackn]

Isn't there an app so simulate arresting him? That sounds like it would have been more appropriate.

I'm Crushing Your Head!

[Bob9113]

Imagine if he had been the kind of psychopath that would image -- and even trivialize -- crushing people's skulls.