Nicole Krasean of FOX 10 Phoenix framed it as a troubling crossover from a virtual obsession into a real-world confrontation, the kind of case that leaves a courtroom feeling tense even before anyone reads the charges out loud.
In her report, Krasean says prosecutors are accusing a 28-year-old Scottsdale man of pointing a rifle at his mother and another man, then pulling the trigger – an action that would normally mark a moment of no return, except the firearm did not fire.
FOX 10’s anchors set the tone at the top by calling it a “news exclusive,” emphasizing what prosecutors are now raising as a concern: they believe the suspect’s heavy involvement in an online game may have fed the thinking behind what happened at home…