Dad shoots at computer, saying son spends too much time playing games

Tampa Bay 10 ^ | April 25, 2006

[Yo-Yo]

Dad shoots at computer, saying son spends too much time playing games

Dunedin, Florida - A Dunedin dad probably made his point about his son spending too much time on the computer. Pinellas Sheriff's deputies say he shot at the monitor as his son sat near-by. Forty-four-year-old Joseph Langenderfer was arrested Monday afternoon at his home on Frances Street.

His 22-year-old son Tim called 911, saying he and his dad were arguing and his dad had just shot at him.

The older Langenderfer reportedly told deputies he was mad that his son had not done the laundry and was spending all his time playing games on their computer. He told deputies that although he told his son he was going to shoot the computer, the gun accidentally fired.

The bullet hit the wall about three feet from where the son was sitting.

Langenderfer is in the Pinellas County jail charged with one count of attempted murder, (accused of trying to kill his son, not the computer.)

[Yo-Yo]

There, but for the grace of God, go I ...

[bahblahbah]

He could have just pawned it. What a f'n moron.

[lovecraft]

Please, nobody give my wife any ideas......:-)

[AmericanMade1776]

ha-ha yo-yo....and me too...

[Politicalmom]

What a wimp. Kick the kid out!!

[ExcursionGuy84]

The way computer systems are priced nowadays....I wouldn't ge too hung up over the cost;

The dad can just make his son save up what ever paltry income he gets & snag himself a another desktop or even laptop with the lettuce.

[AmericanMade1776]

Poor Kid, now that Poor Kid has no computer and still had dirty clothes. haha

[AmericanMade1776]

And his Dad is in Jail...bummer!

[gov_bean_ counter]

His 22-year-old son Tim called 911

Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?

[Tax-chick]

Get a job, Tim.

[martin_fierro]

Tim Langenderfer, Male Model.

Living at home.

[AmericanMade1776]

Where do you start?

[AmericanMade1776]

[talleyman]

"Bubba shot the juke-box last night..."

[stuartcr]

He could have just cancelled the ISP.

[Richard Kimball]

Well, if he'd been playing Quake, like he should have been, he probably wouldn't have missed the monitor.

[Cicero]

Who does he think will do the laundry with his dad in jail?

[Fudd]

A good argument for gun control. The shooter missed his intended target.

[Cobra64]

Back in the 70s, I once cut the telephone cord of an employee making constant personal phone calls on company time and sent her home for the day without pay.

Now as for Dad shooting the kid's monitor, maybe the old man was just getting into the spirit with his son playing Doom.

[Condor51]

This is why I hide all my guns from the wife.

However, I do empathize with the guy. Sometimes I feel like shooting the TV, aka "Going Elvis".