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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @03:58PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @03:58PM (#638269)

    Only your own viewpoint matters, and you'd rather be happy than competent.

    Got it.

  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by cubancigar11 on Thursday February 15 2018, @04:17PM (3 children)

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday February 15 2018, @04:17PM (#638275) Homepage Journal

    Is there a sudden reading comprehension failure here? The opinion is of a psychology professor who conducts training, vs something off the internet.

    Suddenly I feel like I am surrounded by spurned ex-lovers.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Saturday February 17 2018, @04:02AM (2 children)

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday February 17 2018, @04:02AM (#639195) Homepage
      > Is there a sudden reading comprehension failure here?

      Possibly. If so, by you. It's clear that there's a general logic failure going on - by you.

      > The opinion is of a psychology professor who conducts training, vs something off the internet.

      Now google "appeal to authority", which isn't your greatest logical falacy here. Your most egregiious logical falacy is one I like to call "bad fucking logic".

      You say: "All X is Y"
      Someone says: "I know of an X which is not Y"
      You lose.
      Thats's it.
      Then you throw in appeal to authority just for good measure.
      Your argument is categorically proved false just with one counter example.
      If you can't tell the difference between "all" and most/many, please, just stop making pronouncements on the internet.
      You are the "something off the internet" that you wish us to spurn.
      Happy to oblige.

      > Suddenly I feel like I am surrounded by spurned ex-lovers.

      Nineteen and a half years and still going strong, here. Two houses and two businesses shared we're both so confident that there's no likelihood of any split down the road. Yourself?
      --
      Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
      • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Sunday February 18 2018, @09:00PM (1 child)

        by cubancigar11 (330) on Sunday February 18 2018, @09:00PM (#639810) Homepage Journal

        Dude, I am not "proclaiming" anything but it is very clear you want to win very hard. I reiterated something that I was trained into. Get it? Read that sentence again? If you have such a scratch to itch go scratch it for all I care; I can't go talk to a suicidal person next time by unlearning what I have been taught because some dumbass armchair self-proclaimed psychologist convinced me on soylentnews otherwise. Get it?? Probably not.

        Damn, it is difficult to talk to people you have outgrown! Bye bye!

        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Monday February 19 2018, @12:02AM

          by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday February 19 2018, @12:02AM (#639871) Homepage
          Now address the logic of our argument.
          I say argument, singular, as all three of us have identified the same flaw in your argument.
          --
          Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves