Posted on 12/11/2024 9:20:56 AM PST by Red Badger
It's a tale as old as ... well, about 20 years or so.
Dad gets mad at deadbeat son, tells him to get a job, get out of the house, make some real friends. But this time, unfortunately, things take a really awful turn.
That guy ... I don't want to assume anything, but he looks like he could stand to get out of the basement now and then.
That's all I'm saying! Joseph Voigt, 23, was taken into custody Sunday morning after fleeing his family home, where he allegedly gunned down his father and grievously wounded his mother after his old man was 'riding his a - ' about getting a job, according to Fox 13 News.
Susan Voigt, 58, called police on Saturday night, reporting that her son Joseph had shot her multiple times — including one shot in the head — and killed her husband, Marvin, in Polk County, Florida.
Marvin, 63, was found lying dead in the driveway by arriving Bartow Police officers. Susan was found sitting on the couch, bleeding from several gunshot wounds, including a single wound to the head, according to the outlet.
Chalk one up for the "video games lead to violence" camp. You've got to hand them one here, don't you?
How messed up would you have to be to try to kill both of your parents, as an adult, because they wanted you to get out of the house and get a job? It's beyond tragic how far gone this young man appears to be.
Joseph has had run-ins with the law in the past. In 2023 he was the subject of an incident where he went into a neighborhood and fired 15 shots into the ground for no reason.
Yeah, uhh, that's a crime.
He also reportedly maced a couple of people in an Orlando neighborhood when they asked him what he was doing hanging around there.
Despite this, police didn't think he was violent enough to commit murder.
'There were no signs that would lead you to believe this would occur from this gentleman, I would say. At least I don't see any from past behavior,' Bartow Police Chief Steve Walker said, according to WFLA.
'I've heard about the victims, they're really good people,' Walker added. 'It's senseless. You scratch your head and wonder why something like this happens.'
It seems like he's allegedly unstable and violent any of the few times he gets out of the house.
Consider this your regular reminder to take time, breathe the fresh air, and touch some grass every now and then.
When did Whoopi Goldberg become a cop?
My first real job after paper routes was at 15. Had to get a Florida State Worker’s Permit. The don’t require those anymore......................
Florida has the Baker Act for a reason...
Sigh.
It’s not used nearly enough...................
He could have landed an easy job as a practice dummy at an undertaking school.
Menendez brothers would be proud.
Video games do not cause people to become violently disturbed. I’ve played video games since I was four, shooters since I was ten, and this is not something I’d ever do. My mom drives me nuts, but never in a million years would I hurt her.
He was already disturbed, I promise that. Like John Hinckley Jr., he retreated into fantasy to escape life and his mental illness, just through a different medium.
99% of us gamers are perfectly nice, normal people. It’s just a hobby. Besides, I can’t kill zombies anywhere else.
That he was 23 and still jobless and in the basement...there’s some level of ‘fail’ on the parents.
Yeah, it’s a real head scratcher.
btw is Whoopie now a part time LEO in this county?
More evidence the deemphasizing institutional care - closing of asylums during 1970s\1980s was a mistake.
“99% of us gamers are perfectly nice, normal people.”
That only leaves thousands of others.
Until your encrypted “Go” signal comes in:)
“Besides, I can’t kill zombies anywhere else.”
Have you tried Pittsburgh? That’s where George Romero found them.
This is Florida so he doesn’t get a free pass.
I am thinking a job would have given him more game time for the coming years.
I didn’t know the gates of hell ran through Florida, but he doesn’t look like a local.
Well he won’t be playing video games now. And he will be out of thouse and meeting new people.
In new ways......................
As with snakes and gators, in Florida parents will need to call in the pros to get kids out of the basement.
Ambiguous headline. Which one was playing video games and who was telling him not to?
“ Video games do not cause people to become violently disturbed. I’ve played video games since I was four, shooters since I was ten, and this is not something I’d ever do. My mom drives me nuts, but never in a million years would I hurt her.”
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So when are you going to get a job and move out? /s
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