Charlie Kirk‘s assassination impressed some sick customers to create on-line missions depicting the tragic capturing in “Grand Theft Auto On-line” … however, the sport’s dad or mum firm says the situations at the moment are banned.
Here is the deal … movies surfaced on social media just lately displaying a mission titled “We Are Charlie Kirk” the place the participant grabs a sniper rifle and shoots an NPC standing beneath a cover on the College of San Andreas, Los Santos campus.
It is meant to parody Charlie’s look at Utah Valley College in Orem, UT, again in September … when he was shot and killed.
We reached out to Rockstar — the corporate that owns and runs ‘GTA’ — they usually say the missions imitating the horrible tragedy began cropping up shortly after a brand new on-line consumer function was launched.
These missions had been reported to the belief and security workforce and had been deleted shortly, we’re instructed. Nonetheless, the corporate says recordings are going round now after some customers just lately seen “Charlie Kirk” was added to the net profanity listing for Rockstar … which is extra of a filter to cease folks from mimicking horrific real-world occasions.
As you recognize … Kirk’s capturing was a traumatic second for a lot of … particularly to folks on the precise aspect of the aisle. A Reuters report, launched in November, revealed 600 folks had been fired, suspended, or positioned on depart from their jobs for posting about Kirk within the aftermath of his demise.
Unclear if these social media customers plan to trace down whoever created these missions … however, Rockstar’s made it clear it is unacceptable.
