Son Gets Shot by His Dad After an Xbox 360 Dispute

And they say video games are to blame for violence! Well, it seems that some harsher things can happen when just a console is involved. The good news here is that, finally, this is one of the few stories with a happy end. So you can read on without worrying. Just prepare to be surprised.

Because in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, an innocent request went crazy after a 17 year old boy asked his 60 years old father to take a look at his Xbox 360. The parent, James Stanley Niedosik, didn't want to do such childish things, though, so a big argument ensued out of nothing. During this dispute, the teenager handed his father a rifle and told him to shoot and Niedosik did it.

Pause! First – why on Earth would a 17 year old have access to a rifle and why on Earth would he throw such a thing to a person he's having a fight with? Oh, yes, it was his father. Then, let's rephrase that. Why on Earth would a father shoot his son for something like "take a look at my Xbox, dad"? Some strange things happen in this world, unfortunately.

Back to the story: the boy suffered from a .22 caliber bullet lodged in his skull behind his ear and was treated at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. Although you can imagine that this is a serious thing, the boy survived and is currently in hospital, heavily sedated. And that is a good thing to know.

His father was arrested and put under a $250,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and endangering the welfare of a child. The boy's mother and Niedosik's ex-wife, Jeanie, believes that everything "was an accidental thing that took place", even though she did not witness the incident. And that's an interesting way to see the whole story, as a mother. As I said, strange things do happen.

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