don't steal PlayStation 3, or you will be shot dead
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don't steal PlayStation 3, or you will be shot dead

The Register has an interesting story, an 18-year-old North Carolina was shot dead by police. He was suspected of robbing two PlayStation 3 consoles on 17 November, the day when PS3 become available. The PlayStation 3 was worth US$ 641 each, and the victim, a university freshman, Justin Raines was beaten during the robbery. Peyton Strickland was shot dead as he answered the door.

According to The News & Observer, police figured that the search and arrest would be "high risk", due to a photo showing on the net that another suspect Ryan David Mills posing with guns.

Police found snapshots on the Internet of a man they suspected to be Strickland's robbery partner posing with what appeared to be an assault rifle, pistols and a shotgun. A detective had seen a car belonging to the man, Ryan David Mills, 20, parked at Strickland's rental home, according to the search warrant, which also included two images of young men with guns.

When UNC-Wilmington campus police headed to the home Friday, they brought reinforcements picked from the New Hanover Sheriff's Office's elite, highly trained and heavily armed emergency responders unit, Sheriff Sid Causey said Monday morning.

Causey said campus police thought the search and arrest would be "high risk." Causey's men agreed to force their way in, then let UNCW police look for stolen goods, the sheriff said Monday.

The search didn't go as planned.

This story told us... don't rob PlayStation 3.

Also, don't steal Mac OS X. Those who steals Mac OS X must be arrested, tortured, and hanged.