Judge bars student from violent games after alleged shooting threat

Enlarge / One of the many games an Illinois student won't be able to play after threatening a school shooting.

A DuPage County, Illinois judge has barred a suburban Chicago-area student from playing violent video games during his home detention at the State's Attorney's request, after the 16-year-old made threats to commit a school shooting.

The Chicago Tribune reports on the case of the unnamed Lake Park High School student, who was allegedly playing a violent game in a February 23 Snapchat post where he wrote, "Y'all need to shut up about school shootings or I'll do one."

A DuPage County state's attorney spokesperson confirmed to Ars that Assistant State's Attorney Louisa Nuckolls made a motion to bar the student from social media and violent video games as a condition of his release into home detention. Judge Robert Anderson overruled an objection from the student's public defender and admonished the parents, according to the spokesperson, assigning them responsibility for "keeping him off those games."

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