Father killed over MySpace
Police: Teen Killed Dad For Banning MySpace:
15-year-old Hughstan Schlicker of killed his dad over MySpace.
His dad had seen suicide threats that Schlicker had posted on MySpace then took away his internet access.
Schlicker was so addicted to MySpace that he shot and killed his father over it.
Schlicker had posted the threats in January; friends in Florida had seen the postings, talked him out of killing himself and called police. Police said they told Schlicker’s mother about the threats and that she said she wasn’t worried and would lock up any guns in the house.
Schlicker said he often spent entire days on MySpace and couldn’t cope when his father cut off his access to the site.
“It felt like I was stabbed with a knife and it went straight through and … no matter how hard I pulled, I couldn’t pull out the knife,” Schlicker said, according to an interview transcript in the police report.
After the shooting, Schlicker said, he called a female friend and told her he had killed his father and was about to kill himself. Schlicker said she talked him out of it and convinced him to call police instead, according to the report.
Should MySpace be blamed for this? Of course not. This kid obviously had deeper issues than just a MySpace addiction.
It’s a shame a father had to die for what he thought was best for his son.
Schlicker is being charged as an adult.
Tags: Hughstan Schlicker, MySpace, shooting
11 opinions for Father killed over MySpace
BelchSpeak
Mar 6, 2008 at 5:25 pm
The wrong person definitely died in this story. Who was the moron who talked this punk out of killing himself?
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Mar 7, 2008 at 3:11 am
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KenS
Mar 7, 2008 at 11:28 am
The bigger issue to this sad story is that the mom didn’t take a warning seriously (how do you feel now?) … but even bigger than that - what does this say about the ridiculous dependency on technology, social networking and the internet that the current teen generation has. It’s really out of control. I ranted about this on my blog… feel free to visit (click the name above). But seriously, when someone, anyone, be it one person or a whole generation, is that dependent on something that has zero value in skill development or even simple worthwhile use of time – maybe we should re-evaluate it’s place in society. I believe we’ve done it before with heroin and crack.
Forget the Internet predators; be afraid of your child’s addiction and the fact that their brain may not be developing properly… on many various levels.
Trench
Mar 7, 2008 at 11:31 am
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Gayla McCord
Mar 8, 2008 at 8:48 pm
As I read this, I’m surrounded by three teenage boys chatting it up with their friends on MySpace.
The only thing is, the kids were allowed to have a MySpace but the FIRST friends they added were ADULT relatives who could monitor their online activity and I HAD to have all their password information. First time I can’t log in to check things out, it and the computer goes away.
D.I
Mar 9, 2008 at 12:42 pm
addicted? More like the kid is crazy. So here is another incident where myspace is completely to blame…i bet.
jen
Mar 24, 2008 at 11:56 am
This is just stupid. I mean,really,do any of you believe that this kid killed his father because of myspace. this kid obviously had some much bigger issues.I bet this really had nothing to do with myspace at all.I guarantee you,a lot more is going to come out about this kid,and it will have nothing to do with myspace. There is a much bigger problem here.
Steph
Mar 25, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I agree with the last comment. Media continuously blames music, or myspace for the actions of fucked up people. They have mental issues. Normal people can be told to get off myspace and not shot someone in the head. It’s totally warped that people begin to believe that it’s myspace or marliyn manson eg. You need mental issue first min cov.
KenS
Mar 26, 2008 at 6:43 am
Jen/Steph… take everything you said, replace the word “MySpace” with “heroin”. Read it back to yourself.
It’s the SAME thing.
No one said MySpace killed the father. No one ever BLAMED MySpace… certainly not as much as they blamed drugs and waged war against them. Everyone is acknowledging the kid is effed up and had issues. The problem lies within the addiction that parents today have let their children foster, thinking the addictive substance (MySpace, internet, etc) was harmless. And it may be, but then should we be mentally screening people to see if they are fit to be online… no. Parents just need to be parents and stop acting like being a parent is a hobby. It’s a goddamn job. So wake up and do it properly because you can’t afford to fail. If this douchebag’s mom had listened to the warnings, or if the parents both had just done their job better, the situation could have been avoided.
That’s all I’m saying.
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andreaa
Apr 8, 2008 at 10:29 am
thee boy has problemmmmss!! he needs help.
he is mental. and a a fag
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