23-year-old Florida man allegedly shot and killed his dad after he kept telling him to stop playing video games and get a job

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-11 17:41:23 | Updated at 2024-12-22 07:35:59 1 week ago

23-year-old Florida man allegedly shot and killed his dad after he kept telling him to stop playing video games and get a job
Not The Bee ^ | December 11, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 12/11/2024 9:20:56 AM PST by Red Badger

It's a tale as old as ... well, about 20 years or so.

Dad gets mad at deadbeat son, tells him to get a job, get out of the house, make some real friends. But this time, unfortunately, things take a really awful turn.

That guy ... I don't want to assume anything, but he looks like he could stand to get out of the basement now and then.

That's all I'm saying! Joseph Voigt, 23, was taken into custody Sunday morning after fleeing his family home, where he allegedly gunned down his father and grievously wounded his mother after his old man was 'riding his a - ' about getting a job, according to Fox 13 News.

Susan Voigt, 58, called police on Saturday night, reporting that her son Joseph had shot her multiple times — including one shot in the head — and killed her husband, Marvin, in Polk County, Florida.

Marvin, 63, was found lying dead in the driveway by arriving Bartow Police officers. Susan was found sitting on the couch, bleeding from several gunshot wounds, including a single wound to the head, according to the outlet.

Chalk one up for the "video games lead to violence" camp. You've got to hand them one here, don't you?

How messed up would you have to be to try to kill both of your parents, as an adult, because they wanted you to get out of the house and get a job? It's beyond tragic how far gone this young man appears to be.

Joseph has had run-ins with the law in the past. In 2023 he was the subject of an incident where he went into a neighborhood and fired 15 shots into the ground for no reason.

Yeah, uhh, that's a crime.

He also reportedly maced a couple of people in an Orlando neighborhood when they asked him what he was doing hanging around there.

Despite this, police didn't think he was violent enough to commit murder.

'There were no signs that would lead you to believe this would occur from this gentleman, I would say. At least I don't see any from past behavior,' Bartow Police Chief Steve Walker said, according to WFLA.

'I've heard about the victims, they're really good people,' Walker added. 'It's senseless. You scratch your head and wonder why something like this happens.'

It seems like he's allegedly unstable and violent any of the few times he gets out of the house.

Consider this your regular reminder to take time, breathe the fresh air, and touch some grass every now and then.

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1 posted on 12/11/2024 9:20:56 AM PST by Red Badger

To: dfwgator; EEGator; alligator; FamiliarFace; Fireone; V_TWIN; Clay Moore

Florida man....................

2 posted on 12/11/2024 9:21:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: Red Badger

3 posted on 12/11/2024 9:22:19 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)

To: Red Badger

looks like a meth addict.

To: Red Badger

Bet you he started out by torturing animals.

5 posted on 12/11/2024 9:24:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: Red Badger

Inexcusable.

But society would benefit from really paying attention to mental health issues, and how men are treated by society, and how wages are low and work is hard and business leaders are filthy rich. We’ve built a very Bad Society and a lot of people are on the verge of just “losing it”. This guy should spend his life in prison. But society needs a huge amount of change. Millions of men have given up.

To: Red Badger

“It seems like he’s allegedly unstable and violent any of the few times he gets out of the house”

I think its safe to assume we’re past allegedly.

7 posted on 12/11/2024 9:26:25 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)

To: Red Badger

Gamers are some of the UGLIEST people.... EEK!! What came first?? Uglies have no friends, so they GAME, or do they become UGLY because all they do is GAME?

Same thing with DEMOCRATS!!

8 posted on 12/11/2024 9:26:29 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)

To: Red Badger

Video Games are turning into an another addiction just like drugs, gambling and sex.

To: dfwgator

Sid Phillips started out torturing toys

10 posted on 12/11/2024 9:27:28 AM PST by Cold Heart

To: Red Badger

Well on the bright side he won’t have to get a job for a really long time

11 posted on 12/11/2024 9:27:47 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)

To: Cold Heart

And he ended up as a garbage man.

12 posted on 12/11/2024 9:28:36 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

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It’s a tale as old as ... well, about 20 years or so.

Dad gets mad at deadbeat son, tells him to get a job, get out of the house, make some real friends. But this time, unfortunately, things take a really awful turn.

That guy ... I don’t want to assume anything, but he looks like he could stand to get out of the basement now and then.

That’s all I’m saying!
Joseph Voigt, 23, was taken into custody Sunday morning after fleeing his family home, where he allegedly gunned down his father and grievously wounded his mother after his old man was ‘riding his a - ‘ about getting a job, according to Fox 13 News.

Chalk one up for the “video games lead to violence” camp. You’ve got to hand them one here, don’t you?

How messed up would you have to be to try to kill both of your parents, as an adult, because they wanted you to get out of the house and get a job? It’s beyond tragic how far gone this young man appears to be.

Joseph has had run-ins with the law in the past. In 2023 he was the subject of an incident where he went into a neighborhood and fired 15 shots into the ground for no reason.

He also reportedly maced a couple of people in an Orlando neighborhood when they asked him what he was doing hanging around there.”

Despite this, police didn’t think he was violent enough to commit murder”

Well Barney, unfortunately you were wrong as wrong can be.

13 posted on 12/11/2024 9:29:42 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)

To: Red Badger

The police chief, calls the killer son a “gentleman” and scratches his head as to “why these things happen”.
Yeah, things happen. Somebody did something.

/sarc

14 posted on 12/11/2024 9:30:10 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)

To: Red Badger

Sorry, I didn’t mean to post the whole story.

15 posted on 12/11/2024 9:30:34 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)

To: from occupied ga; V_TWIN

” his old man was ‘riding his a - ‘ about getting a job”

His a__ will get ridden a whole lot more in prison.............

16 posted on 12/11/2024 9:32:08 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: Red Badger

he was an excitable boy...

17 posted on 12/11/2024 9:33:10 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)

To: Chode

18 posted on 12/11/2024 9:33:38 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: Ann Archy

I’ve noticed that too.................

19 posted on 12/11/2024 9:34:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: V_TWIN

Where/how did he get the gun?....................

20 posted on 12/11/2024 9:35:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

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