In an attempt to derive a motive from Monday's rampage which saw a Utah teen shoot nine mall-goers, killing five, before he himself was killed by police, GamePolitics reports that the first signs of the "violent video games made him do it" angle have emerged in the media. Prompted by Jackie-boy spam -- conveniently subjected: "Salt Lake City Teen Probably Trained on Grand Theft Auto Video Game" -- theorists have begun to consider video games as a possible motive for the shootings. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Rebecca Walsh suggests that this speculation was "stated as fact Wednesday on Capitol Hill."Some hope for a constructive investigation of the violent tragedy does come from a second article in the Tribune, which states that police have yet to discern a motive and "did not take any computers or video games" from the shooter's home. GamePolitics promises to keep us posted as the story develops.
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