A 20-year-old is accused flying throughout the nation and trying to homicide somebody he had a web-based gaming dispute with in a hammer assault.
Edward Kang, 20, flew from Newark, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida to confront somebody he had a web-based dispute with, based on Nassau County Sheriff Invoice Leeper. Courtroom information present he was charged on Monday with second-degree tried homicide and tried housebreaking.
“I simply need to let you already know, it is a bizarre one…some stuff you simply cannot make up,” Leeper mentioned. “There’s some issues that make you say, ‘What on this planet was he pondering?”
The sufferer, who was not recognized, instructed authorities he took a break from enjoying video video games when he noticed Kang standing with a hammer above his head in a “strike place.” His stepfather woke as much as the sounds of screams for assist and allegedly discovered his stepson on the bottom scuffling with Kang above him.
“The sufferer and the stepfather managed to disarm Kang and restrain him till our deputies arrived on scene,” Leeper mentioned.
Deputies responded to a 911 name round 2 a.m. on Sunday morning and located a “important quantity of blood” within the residence’s entryway and the sufferer’s bed room upon their arrival to the house, Leeper mentioned.
Courtroom information don’t record an lawyer representing Kang. In accordance with Leeper, Kang just isn’t cooperating with the investigation into the incident.
A preliminary investigation signifies Kang solely knew the sufferer on-line, having met whereas enjoying an fantasy online game known as ArcheAge. In accordance with the game’s website, it is shutting down its North America and European servers this week resulting from a declining variety of customers.
Leeper didn’t element the substance of Kang’s alleged dispute with the sufferer. Although he was not recognized, Leeper mentioned the sufferer is “across the identical age” as Kang.
Investigators say Kang instructed his household he was flying to go to a buddy he met years in the past. Leeper mentioned they had been in a position to decide that he took an Uber from the Jacksonville airport to a lodge in Fernandina Seashore on Friday.
Kang bought a hammer and flashlight at an ACE Ironmongery shop upon his arrival in Jacksonville, Leeper mentioned citing receipts discovered by investigators.
It is believed Kang entered the sufferer’s residence by an unlocked door. He wore all black, gloves, and a masks, Leeper mentioned.
The sufferer was handled for extreme however non-lifethreatening head wounds, Leeper mentioned.
“When the suspect was requested why he did what he did, the suspect acknowledged, ‘He is a nasty individual on-line,'” Leeper mentioned. “Speaking concerning the sufferer.”
Kang additionally allegedly requested deputies how a lot time would an individual get in jail for breaking and getting into and assault.
“I might say Mr. Kang, it may be a very long time earlier than you play video video games once more,” Leeper mentioned.
