15 Year Old Boy Killed For Ipod


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Boy, 15, Dies In a Dispute Over an Ipod

By JENNIFER 8. LEE

A 15-year-old Brooklyn boy was killed on Saturday night in what investigators believe was a dispute over an iPod, the police said.

Christopher Rose left his mother's home wearing a borrowed iPod to get on the subway in the Farragut neighborhood with three friends around 5:30 p.m., his family said.

He was approached by a group of teenagers at the corner of Avenue D and 40th Street, near his home, the police said. The youths demanded his iPod, which his family said he had borrowed from a friend, and when he resisted, one of the men stabbed him twice in the chest and attacked his friends. He was taken to Kings County Hospital center and declared dead at 5:50 p.m.

The group fled, taking a knapsack and the iPod, the police said.

No arrests have been made, and the iPod has not been recovered.

Last night, family members gathered at his mother's house.

"My cousin today got murdered over some stupid iPod," said Koreena Glanville, 21, crying.

Mr. Rose was the youngest of four children and the only son, family members said. His nickname was Rosie. He was described as quiet, polite, and good at math.

Since the fourth grade, Mr. Rose would spend the school year in Bushkill, Pa., with his father, Errol Rose, a construction worker who commuted to work in New York. He attended East Stroudsburg North High School.

"We sent him to school in Pennsylvania so he wouldn't get involved in this," said Mr. Rose.

Apple's pricey iPod music players have become a target for robberies around the world. In April, the New York City police reported that an increase in subway crime during the first part of the year was driven almost entirely by thefts of digital devices, especially iPods.

Matthew Sweeney contributed reporting for this article.

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This was bound to happen eventually. Just plain sad.

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This is why, at least in this city, you have to get different headphones. Those white cords are asking for trouble.

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This is why, at least in this city, you have to get different headphones. Those white cords are asking for trouble.

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Yeah I know. You'd be surprised just how many people still don't heed the warnings. I don't know if its just laziness or people trying to show off but it's DUMB. I've wanted to grab so many people and shake them saying "What's wrong with you?!?! Get different headphones! You're a walking target!" This reminds me of when kids were getting beaten and killed for Air Jordans.

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This would never happen where I live in Montreal, there a white earphones every corner you go.

Very sad and stupid though this story.

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This reminds me of when kids were getting beaten and killed for Air Jordans.
:rofl:

but yeah people were them because iPod is the ONLY cool and hip player in the market, really I have tried many DAPs and no one seemed interested in any of my DAPs or my PDA but they were interested in my Zen Micro because they thought it was an iPod, people are seriosly brain damaged.

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Its sad how quick this world is decomposing into a worthless generation

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Its sad how past generations has constructed this generation behavior.

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A person is smart.. in general, people are stupid... I am not surprised at all. It is an expensive gadget that is a status symbol. It is no different than a prada purse, or anything else that is expensive that you put on display. You put it out there, you are a walking target. One of the reasons I never buy brand name (at least not clothes, etc). And you couldn't pay to me have an overrated iPod (and this is based on first hand experience).

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I remember a few years back when people were OBSESSED with Pokemon... some kid in Chicago (I think; maybe it was New York) was killed for his stupid cards.

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so I'm guessing... an 'apple' a-day doesn't keep the doctor away....

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Well it might... just not the coroner :D

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I'd like to see THAT Apple commerical all in the same style, and the wallpaper, not really, ya that was bad taste.

OMG!!!! IPOD SI TEH DETH!

The only reason we're seeing this is because it's over a tech device, hell people in brooklyn get killed over something even DUMBER every single bloody day, it's called DRUGS, kids of all ages get it because of drugs there. It's really sad, poor kids just wanted to listen to some tunes, the fool who stole it probably just pawned it for drugs :s :( it's pathetic when human life is traded for drugs.

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so I'm guessing... an 'apple' a-day doesn't keep the doctor away....

...****

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well it brings the coroner anyway.... :pinch:

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This is tough, I can either A) blame America because clearly America is the root of all evil in the world or B) blame NY because NY well, just sucks.

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would have been funny if the kids where idiots and didn't know how to hook it up to a computer and the only music the kid had on it was classical

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would have been funny if the kids where idiots and didn't know how to hook it up to a computer and the only music the kid had on it was classical

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Whats up with the recent classical music hating in neowin?

Classical music its great. The most complex compositions ever are in there.

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This is tough, I can either A) blame America because clearly America is the root of all evil in the world or B) blame NY because NY well, just sucks.

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Sadly, I'm sure at least one person will go that route.

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no I have nothing against classical music. Infact I listen to it all the time, I think its great.

The reason I thought it would be funny is because the people who killed the kid are probobly the kind of people that like the heavy metal and the stupid rap crap. So for them to kill someone and end up with classical would be OWNED worthy.

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Its not the iPod... it is those foolish kids that killed him.

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um..... whos blaming the ipod? :unsure:

but yeah, this is my daily dose of news to remind me the world is ******. im tired of hearing about **** like this. jesus H. christ...does the world have no sence of write and wrong anymore :(

The reason I thought it would be funny is because the people who killed the kid are probobly the kind of people that like the heavy metal and the stupid rap crap. So for them to kill someone and end up with classical would be OWNED worthy.

they'd just sell it. :(

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