Pokémon GO players allegedly shot at: Report

Two teenagers aged 19 and 16 were shot at while they were sitting in a car and playing Pokémon GO.

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Pokémon GO users have been roaming around the streets to catch em all, and this involves a certain amount of risk.

Pokémon GO has now led to a shooting in Florida, says a report in USA Today. According to the report, two teenagers aged 19 and 16 were shot at while they were sitting in a car and playing Pokémon GO. The incident happened around 1:30 am on Primrose Lanem when a man walked out of his house with a gun and fired at the car.

The teenagers sped off and tried checking for bullet holes on the car, but couldn’t because of the dark. They initially thought the alleged shooter only was trying to scare them away. It wasn’t until morning that they found bullet holes on their car, and went to the police.

The alleged shooter, however, said he shot at the vehicle because he saw the car with its brake lights switched on parked in front of his house. “He recalled hearing someone say something to the effect of ‘did you get anything?’,” says USA Today report.

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He said the teens started accelerating the car towards him, when he asked them not to move. He then went to his house, brought back the gun and shot at them. The police are investigating the incident.

Pokémon GO users have been roaming around the streets to catch em all, and this involves a certain amount of risk. We’ve come across reports of Pokemon GO players getting injured in the past. The most well-known mishap involves the Darwin police station in Australia, with gamers walking into the police station, flicking pokeballs at a pokemon on their screen and then leaving, resulting in confusion.

There have been reports of a 21-year-old boy getting hurt after he hit a crack, as he was on a skateboard. He was allegedly staring at his smartphone screen looking for Pokemons to catch nearby.

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