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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the celebrity-has-its-shortcomings dept.

Late last month, a YouTube celebrity couple hid in their closet and called police while an armed, deranged fan ransacked their home.

Christopher Giles, who police described as "single, lonely and disturbed," had made the 11-hour drive from Albuquerque, according to documents filed in the 2nd Judicial District Court. And his phone was full of notes suggesting he had "developed a fondness" for the woman, Megan Turney, and a dislike of her boyfriend, Gavin Free.

Turney, 30, was made famous through her video blogs on anime, relationship advice and her life. Free, 29, is the co-host of a YouTube video series of slow-motion videos.

[...] According to that search warrant affidavit, around 3:40 a.m. on Jan. 26, Turney and Free awoke to the sound of breaking glass and a gunshot. They hid in their bedroom closet and called 911 while Giles searched their home for them.

When he couldn't find the couple, Giles left, encountering Austin Police Department officers on his way out.

The officers found Giles backing out of the driveway in his Lincoln sedan with a New Mexico license plate and ordered him to stop.

Instead, they heard a single gunshot coming from the car. An officer returned fire.

Giles was pronounced dead on the scene, a .45 caliber handgun near his hand, according to the affidavit. Turney and Free were not harmed.

[...] "Based on the footage seen it was apparent that Giles' sole intent was to cause harm to someone who resides there," the detective wrote in the complaint.

[...] Albuquerque Police Department detectives who executed a search warrant on his home in Albuquerque said Giles lived alone and was "an avid player of video games and was known for watching YouTube videos that were centered on his hobby."


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:30PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:30PM (#637234)

    Not really sure why this is news. Lunatic with unhealthy obsession acts upon unhealthy obsession. Police intervene. Lunatic ends up dead, possibly by suicide (story doesn't make it clear).

    In other news, with over 7 billion people on this planet, it should come as no surprise that there's an ample supply of nutjobs.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by insanumingenium on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:48PM

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:48PM (#637240) Journal

    Updated versions I have seen make it crystal clear that the cops killed him.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by bob_super on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:49PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:49PM (#637241)

    To be linked to yesterday's article about "internet shouldn't be accessible to just anyone".

    [insert quip about encounter ending well for couple who didn't try to confront armed deranged asshole]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 14 2018, @12:28AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 14 2018, @12:28AM (#637365)

      Don't fret. Ajit Pai is working on making the Internet inaccessible to more people.

      You're welcome.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:01PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:01PM (#637245) Journal

    It's a feel-good story about the ongoing positive impact of GooTube.

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:36PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:36PM (#637256)

      These people are paying the price of fame... unfortunately, YouTube ad rates don't provide enough income to cover a personal security staff (for the vast majority of content producers.)

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday February 14 2018, @09:17PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday February 14 2018, @09:17PM (#637886) Homepage Journal

    One percent of the population is manic depressive, another one percent is schizophrenic.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday February 17 2018, @04:16AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday February 17 2018, @04:16AM (#639200) Homepage
    Yeah, but in all civilised countries in the world, crazy doesn't get given free access to firearms.
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