[NohSpinZone]

Over a stupid video game console. Cold-blooded murder. I just do not understand the mentality.

Most of the media coverage of this describe the suspects "late teens or 20s". This article at least points out that the suspects are black.

[Kay]

Horrible. Overwhelmingly sad.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Poor kid. RIP.

[Sans-Culotte]

“I just completely don’t understand,” his mother said. “I don’t understand how somebody, over an Xbox, can take somebody’s life.”

Low IQ thugs with no moral compass. They've probably killed people over a soft drink or a candy bar.

I would never try to sell something via one of theose "Craig's List" type apps. I would have sold it on ebay, so as to not have to meet the buyers perps.

[Dr. Sivana]

In my college days, I lived three blocks from that site, right on Maryland Avenue. It was a dump then, and only a block of east of Cottage Grove Avenue (an important dividing line).

I rarely felt in danger outside of an unwise visit to Mr. Submarine at 51st and Cottage Grove at 4:00AM. Sounds like a marginal neighborhood has gotten worse.

[ClearCase_guy]

Boy that’s sad. I can’t imagine how the father is feeling. And the mother too. Recriminations and guilt seem unavoidable whether justified or not.

[Vigilanteman]

What is the value of a used Xbox? $50 or $100? That’s more than the value of human life to such jagoffs.

[faucetman]

2 AA males, I’m SHOCKED

[glorgau]

This is why - when selling things via Craigslist, etc. - it’s always best to do the meetup with unknown people at a safe public location. Like in front of a police station or something like that.

Otherwise things can go down like a random drug deal with some Columbians.

[Eddie01]

Peluyera was set to be a junior at Merrillville High School in the fall.

I have a 16yr old who finished finals Thursday and is not set to be a junior.

Unimaginably sad.

Hope they find the perps and sentence them to 5 seconds in a wood chipper.

[gaijin]

Dad should have handled that exchange.

He should have known how risky that is, especially there.

In hoodies and baskeball shorts?

Sorry, there is NO WAY I would have let my son get out of the car.

[mylife]

Jesus! I ended up in Gary Indiana with my Mom who is no shrinking violet, and that place scared the hell out of me!

She said do you have a gun? I said no ma, that’s dangerous.

[Mr. K]

You would be surprised at the number of times I tried to arrange to meet at a police parking lot or and they dissapeared. It’s usually for a deal that sounds too good to be true (and usually is)

Be careful buying online.

[Perseverando]

I’m guessing the 2 thugs felt “dissed” that a white kid would run away from 2 black guys just because they were black (with a gun.) /sarc

[Mr.Unique]

The victim:

[gundog]

This is what comes of an unequal distribution of Xboxes.

[Yaelle]

So sad. My teen boys were always selling their electronics online and in person to buy newer electronics. One time one son got ripped off buying a used something that was no good. In the end that served as a lesson. This murder is the worst. My heart breaks.

[bgill]

The men were described as two African American males in their late teens to early 20s.

That was a given.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

There’s no way I would do a meet up/sale like that. And if I did, I’d be armed and ready. Just plain stupid. Situational awareness.

[mrmeyer]

Perps should get the needle. Kid should have used eBay or traded it in at a store

[Deplorable American1776]

Gary Indiana should be blown up...