>>> LOUISIANA DEPUTIES SAY AN 
8-YEAR-OLD BOY SHOT AND KILLED 
HIS 87-YEAR-OLD BABYSITTER.
NOT BY ACCIDENT AS THE BOY FIRST
EXPLAINED IT BUT WITH INTENT.
THE VICTIM ACCORDING TO 
AFFILIATE WBRZ IS THE BOY'S 
GRANDMOTHER.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED THURSDAY.
THE SHERIFF SAYS THE BOY 
INTENTIONALLY SHOT THE WOMAN IN 
THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS SHE SAT 
IN HER LIVING ROOM.
STILL HE WON'T BE CHARGED 
BECAUSE THE STATE LAW EXEMPTS 
KIDS YOUNGER THAN 10 FROM 
CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
THE MOTIVE HERE, DEPUTIES DON'T 
KNOW, BUT SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS 
SAY THE BOY WAS PLAYING THIS AT 
THE TIME.
>> WELCOME TO AMERICA.
>> STOP SHOOTING PEOPLE YOU 
MANIAC!
>> HE WAS PLAYING THAT JUST 
MINUTES BEFORE HE FIRED THE GUN.
GRAND THEFT AUTO 4 IS RATED 
MATURE, MEANING FOR PLAYERS WHO 
ARE 17 YEARS AND OLDER.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN NOW TO 
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST DAVID 
SWANSON.
DAVID, THIS IS DRAWING A LOT OF 
SPECULATION THAT THERE IS A 
CONNECTION HERE.
DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE FOR 
THE VIDEO GAME TO HAVE CAUSED OR
CONTRIBUTED TO THE BOY SHOOTING 
HIS CAREGIVER?
BECAUSE SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS SAY 
THE TWO HAD A LOVING 
RELATIONSHIP.
>> WELL, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S
A POSSIBILITY CONNECTION HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THE BIGGEST
PART OF RESEARCH WE KNOW SO FAR 
BECAUSE OF ALL THE SHOOTINGS WE 
HAVE IS THERE'S NO CLEAR CUT 
CONNECTION BETWEEN VIOLENT VIDEO
GAMES AND ACTUAL ACTING OUT.
HOWEVER, KIDS THIS YOUNG, WHEN 
THEY SEE EPISODES OF TELEVISION,
WHEN THEY SEE VIDEO GAMES, THEY 
ARE LIKELY TO GO AHEAD AND MODEL
AFTER WHAT THEY SEE ON THESE 
VIDEO GAMES AND TELEVISION.
WHY AN 8-YEAR-OLD WAS PLAYING A 
GAME LIKE YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR 
TELEVISION SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS 
BEYOND ME.
THIS IS CLEARLY ALSO A LACK OF 
SUPERVISION. 
>> YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE 
COULD BE AN ISSUE HERE OF 
MODELING.
OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, 
TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE, MAKER OF 
THE VIDEO GAME, RELEASED A 
STATEMENT.
IT SAYS ASCRIBING A CONNECTION 
TO ENTERTAINMENT, A THEORY THAT 
HAS BEEN PROVEN -- OR DISPROVEN 
REPEATEDLY BY MULTIPLE 
INDEPENDENT STUDIES BOTH 
MINIMIZES THIS MOMENT AND 
SIDESTEPS THE REAL ISSUES AT 
HAND.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 
REACTION?
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT THIS GAME THAT IS 
SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED BY KIDS 
WHO ARE 17 YEARS AND OLDER?
>> YEAH.
LOOK, A VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY IS 
GOING TO PROTECT THE PRODUCT 
THAT THEY PUT OUT THERE.
THEY'RE RIGHT.
THERE'S NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
BUT THE MORE THAT WE LOOK INTO 
THIS, THERE'S EMERGING EVIDENCE 
THAT SUGGESTS THAT YOUNGER KIDS 
BECOME DESENSITIZED TO VIOLENCE.
THEY START TO ACT OUT VIOLENTLY 
IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SEE ON 
TELEVISION.
LOOK, I'VE GOT THREE KIDS.
I COACH THEM IN BASKETBALL.
WE EVEN HAD A KID COME UP TO A 
BASKETBALL PRACTICE AND SHOW ME 
A MOVE HE TOLD ME AFTERWARDS, I 
SAW THAT ON A VIDEO GAME.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND AS A
PSYCHOLOGIST WITH A PRACTICE 
WITH OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE 
THAT FOR CHILDREN, WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE THAT THIS EVIDENCE STARTS
TO SHIFT AND CHANGE.
THAT THEY DO MODEL WHAT THEY 
SEE.
AND THAT IN THIS CASE THERE'S 
LIKELY A CONNECTION.
>> SO YOU SAY LIKELY A 
CONNECTION.
ALSO THERE COULD BE OTHER ISSUES
HERE, LACK OF SUPERVISION, YOU 
