Man shot dead for eating popcorn too loudly in a theatre - Polidicks

[quote]Police said they had arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of shooting a 42-year-old fellow audience member who later died of his wounds. The conflict took place as the credits rolled during a screen of the Oscar-nominated film "Black Swan", according to police in the Baltic state. Witnesses told the Latvian news agency Leta that it arose over how loudly the deceased man was eating his popcorn. Gun-crime is relatively rare in Latvia, a European Union nation of 2.2 million. The shooting occurred on Saturday evening in the central multiplex cinema in the Latvian capital, Riga, at the end of the psychological thriller about a ballet dancer who loses her mind succumbing to pressure to perform [/quote] [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8337522/Man-shot-dead-for-eating-popcorn-too-loudly-during-Black-Swan.html][img]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc232/BLACKLACBLACK/Popcorn.gif[/img][/url]

Black Swan was a pretty good movie though

"God, that man is chewing so loud. I better shoot him when the credits roll" :downs:

I've seen sillier reasons for people shooting other people. This one is still really silly though. :frown:

Damn that's a silly reason to kill someone. To the guy who forgot to turn his phone off? TORTURE HIM! There's also some puns to be made here but I can't think of any, hopefully something will pop into my head.

You stay classy, Latvia.

Must have been a good show for the audience.

What the hell is wrong with people today?

[QUOTE=Wyvers;28206166]There's also some puns to be made here but I can't think of any, hopefully something will pop into my head.[/QUOTE] I guess the shooters nerves were shot after realizing the similarity between some of the themes of the film [quote]who loses her mind succumbing to pressure to perform[/quote] and himself, and due to being psychologically chewed out by the film, simply popped.

My country, heard about this on the radio while driving somewhere, the shooter called the ambulance him self, witneses say the shooter seemed like a nice smart guy, also witneses that the victim kinda had it comming, they were all annoyed by him. He was asked not to be so loud.

[QUOTE=Contag;28206193]I guess the shooters nerves were shot after realizing the similarity between some of the themes of the film and himself, and due to being psychologically chewed out by the film, simply popped.[/QUOTE] :downs:

[img]http://www.imagepourblog.fr/wp-content/uploads/michael-jackson-popcorn.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=Ins1d3r;28206243]My country, heard about this on the radio while driving somewhere, the shooter called the ambulance him self, witneses say he seemed like a nice smart guy, also that the victim kinda had it comming, they were all annoyed by him.[/QUOTE] That's a stupid thing to say. Should I be scared to go to a theatre because someone just might shoot my ass if I farted by accident?

[QUOTE=Hullu V3;28206256]:downs:[/QUOTE] Thank you for that enlightening comment.

[QUOTE=Contag;28206287]Thank you for that enlightening comment.[/QUOTE] Because yours held so much more insight.

I fully expected this to have taken place in America.

Justice, finally served [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] with extra salt [img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-shepface.gif[/img]

oh yeah, my motherland, become famous :airquote:

The shooter didnt even try to get away, also the victime was asked to be more quiet. Shooter also had permision to own a gun he actualy had permisions to own 3 guns. The shooter is also a lawyer, the victim had an underage daughter with him, he was a fater of 4 children. Also "he had it coming" wasnt meant as he was totaly going to get shot.

[quote]the deceased man was eating his popcorn.[/quote] So let me get this straight....a zombie was eating popcorn in the cinema, and ended up getting shot?

[QUOTE=Ins1d3r;28206577]The shooter didnt even try to get away, also the victime was asked to be more quiet. Shooter also had permision to own a gun he actualy had permisions to own 3 guns. The shooter is also a lawyer, the victim had an underage daughter with him, he was a fater of 4 children. Also "he had it coming" wasnt meant as he was totaly going to get shot.[/QUOTE] He lacked the licence to kill.

[QUOTE=Qombat;28206347]Because yours held so much more insight.[/QUOTE] Bad puns are expected to provide insight?

6th toe isn't the only thing wrong with some latvians...

[QUOTE=Ins1d3r;28206243]My country, heard about this on the radio while driving somewhere, the shooter called the ambulance him self, witneses say the shooter seemed like a nice smart guy, also witneses that the victim kinda had it comming, they were all annoyed by him. He was asked not to be so loud.[/QUOTE] This reminds me of that scene from Scary Movie where that chick was talking loudly on the phone in the theater and they all started stabbing her to death. Silly reason though.

[QUOTE=MachiniOs;28206468]I fully expected this to have taken place in America.[/QUOTE] Called it as soon as I saw the thread title. I was wrong, apparently.

[QUOTE=boxxy brown;28206263][img_thumb]http://www.imagepourblog.fr/wp-content/uploads/michael-jackson-popcorn.gif[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I think we should poison this one. :downsrim:

Ironically a gun is noisier than popcorn

Feel like we don't know the entire story.

On the one hand, I kinda sympathize with the shooter because I, like him, [U]hate[/U] noisy people at the cinemas. OTOH, I wouldn't go as far as shooting the guy/guys.

[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;28207430]Feel like we don't know the entire story.[/QUOTE] You should have seen the way he was eating that popcorn! He could have eaten one of the moviegoers next!