Chronology Of Teenagers Shooting Friends To Death, Inspired By Online Games

Illustration of firearms (ANTARA)

BONTANG - A teenager in Bontang City, East Kalimantan, was desperate to shoot his own friend using an air rifle to death, allegedly due to being inspired by online games.

The incident occurred at the perpetrator's house, in Selambai Village, Lok Tuan Village, Bontang City, on Monday last week.

The Head of Public Relations of the East Kalimantan Police, Kombes Pol Yusuf Sutedjo, revealed the chronology of the incident, starting when the victim and two of his colleagues were busy playing online games on the second floor of the perpetrator's house with the initials MM (14 years old) at around 15.30 WITA.

"So from the results of the investigation by the Bontang Police investigators that the incident occurred on January 1, 2024 yesterday at 15.30 WITA, the perpetrator and the victim both played a game on the second floor of the perpetrator's house," said Yusuf.

Then, the perpetrator went down to the first floor of his house to take his parents' long-barreled air rifle.

Furthermore, the perpetrator pointed the air rifle at the victim and the rifle erupted so that the air rifle bullet hit the victim and fell down.

According to him, from the results of the investigation of the perpetrators, the police have not found an element of intent in the incident.

However, the motive for the perpetrator's actions is strongly suspected because it was inspired by the online game they had played before.

"I don't know why, from the results of the investigation, there is no intentional element, but maybe the result of the influence of the game," he added.

The police also ensured that until now there was no specific motive for the perpetrator's actions, because the results of the examination of the perpetrators, it was strongly suspected that the perpetrator's actions were carried away by feelings or euphoria after playing online games, so they tried to imitate the game's game in the real world using an air rifle.

"From the investigation, there is no win and no defeat, only maybe euphoria, being carried away by feelings, so trying to do things or anything inspired by the game," he concluded.

Now, the perpetrator with the initials MM has been detained at the Bontang Police Headquarters and is still undergoing intensive examination. Meanwhile, the victim with the initials FR (16), is currently buried at the local Muslim cemetery.