One of the latest internet crazes results in the death of a family of five.
In recent months several popular Youtube videos have appeared of fathers allegedly destroying or forcing their children to destroy their prized game consoles such as an Xbox One or a PlayStation 4. And now the community of Broken Bow Oklahoma is in mourning tonight after a a father of three kills his children, his wife, and himself after posting a video of him forcing his son to throw his Xbox One into a wood chipper.
In the three minute video which has since been removed from Youtube, father Manny Wires can be seen egging his 11 year old son to throw his precious game system into a large orange wood chipper. The boy who authorities have not released the name of can be heard screaming “I’m sorry I forgot to close the door” repeatedly before the father grabs the kid by the shirt before making one more plea for the child “to be a man” and “throw the g-ddamn game in the chipper!”
The boy does as ordered and the system explodes into splinters of black plastic and circuitry. Then the boy drops to his knees and the father starts to scream at him before walking towards the camera to turn it off. By Monday morning the video had already garnished more than 120,000 views with 1500 likes. Commentators praised and celebrated the father by leaving notes of encouragement on the video. Little did they know that shortly after posting the video the father had later tossed the boy, his two daughters, his wife, and family pets into the rented wood chipper before taking a gun and ending his life. Neighbors were unaware of the carnage happening on the street as they had heard the wood chipper for the last two days. It was only until a passerby saw blood splatters that he called the police.
Officers arrived at the residence to find Mr. Wires dead from a single gunshot wound to the head.