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A man in Florida opened fire on a car with two Pokemon Go players inside. The unidentified man woke up around 1:30AM after hearing a noise outside. He reportedly saw a car with its brake lights on in the street in front of his house. The man grabbed his gun and went outside at which point he says he heard someone ask, "did you get anything?"The man then reportedly stepped in front of the car and pointed his gun at the two teens that were inside. He told the teens not to move. The report says that the vehicle then sped past the man at which point he began to shoot at the vehicle.
The teens, a 19-year old and a 16-year old, told the Flagler County Sheriff's Office that they were asking each other if they caught a Pokemon that was in the area. It was at this point that they say they heard shots fired and sped off. The two teens arrived at the 19-year old's house and checked themselves for injuries. Seeing no damage to themselves or their car they thought someone was just trying to scare them. It wasn't until the next morning that they discovered bullet holes in the rear tire, hubcap, and fender.
It was not revealed if any charges will be filed against the man that pulled a gun on and fired at the two teens that were on public property.
(via News4Jax & USAToday)
In related news, a Texas man named Nathan Cerda, was arrested for making a "terroristic threat" against Pokemon Go players in his area. Cerda posted this "warning" to his Facebook page last week.
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The posting was reported to the local police. Authorities arrested him on a charge of making a "terroristic threat." A "terroristic threat" is defined simply as:
...a crime generally involving a threat to commit violence communicated with the intent to terrorize another, to cause evacuation of a building, or to cause serious public inconvenience, in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience.
Texas specifically notes that these threats are any that involve violence to anybody or piece of property with the intent to cause serious bodily injury or place a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury.
(via Kotaku)
Look, we finally have a hugely popular game that is getting a huge number of people outside in the nice weather, walking, exercising, and socializing. Could some of you maybe not be complete tools about this?
The non-pokey players for being a bit paranoid and douchy and down right stupid and dangerous.
The pokey players because trespassing and cruising the neighborhood at very strange hours is not very smart. A lot of crime happens at night for a reason. Being out there with it may not be the smartest move.