While others were lined up waiting for the release of “call of duty”, a 18-year-old player David Morales have to spend his life in prison on the charge of gun robbery.
Early Tuesday morning, Freeman had just picked up his copy of the new video
game at GameStop. He arrived back to his Kansas City apartment around 1 a.m.
when a Ford Explorer pulled up behind Freeman, boxing him in.
“It’s the first
time I’ve ever had any kind of weapon pointed at me,” said Freeman.“Guy jumped
out at me with a 40-caliber pistol,
But the man wasn’t looking for money. Freeman said Morales just
wanted the game. Freeman refused to give it up, even after he said Morales
loaded the gun with two rounds. “I struggled with him for about 20 seconds or
so, trying to get the gun out of his hand,” said Freeman.
Usually a
mild-mannered guy, Freeman said he doesn’t know why he did what he did. “Self
defense, I guess. I really don’t know. I didn’t think about it. It just, just
happened,” he said.Freeman ran inside his apartment and called 911.
Finally, Morales sped off without the game, which is valued at $60.
Morales is being held on $50,000 bond at the Platte County Jail. He faces charges of first-degree attempted robbery and armed criminal action. If convicted, Morales could spend up to 18 years in prison.
By the way, Freeman is brave, but I don't think it is worthy to risk his neck just for a $60 game.
And this was not the only crime related to this game, 6000 copies of the game
was robbed in Paris. Does the game really so hot or those incidents are
just marketing strategy. There is no way of knowing.
