Boy Kills Himself Acting out Halo 3!
Another alleged videogame related death. This time involving the popular Xbox shooter Halo. 11 year old Johnson Creek boy Nimm was apparently a big fan of Halo, even taking a liking to firearms after playing the futuristic FPS. While at home skipping school Nimm was apparently trying to imitate moves from the game with his .22 caliber rifle (a common pastime for the child). However he did not obviously grasp that a round could still be loaded in the chamber even when the magazine ejected and was found shot through the head yesterday.
An 11-year-old Johnson Creek boy died from a gunshot wound Thursday at his home. Foul play is not suspected and the sheriff's department said this morning it appears the shooting was accidental.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, dispatchers received a report of the shooting in the town of Farmington at approximately 2:15 p.m. Thursday. The deceased person was Joshua J. Nimm, 11, of W5098 River Road, Johnson Creek.
Deputies, along with personnel from the Johnson Creek Police Department, Johnson Creek EMS and Fort Atkinson paramedics, all responded to the residence where the shooting occurred.
There, with his father, Nimm was located with a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead by the Jefferson County Coroner's office about 35 minutes later. The cause of death was ruled to be a single, .22 caliber gunshot wound to the head.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, dispatchers received a report of the shooting in the town of Farmington at approximately 2:15 p.m. Thursday. The deceased person was Joshua J. Nimm, 11, of W5098 River Road, Johnson Creek.
Deputies, along with personnel from the Johnson Creek Police Department, Johnson Creek EMS and Fort Atkinson paramedics, all responded to the residence where the shooting occurred.
There, with his father, Nimm was located with a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead by the Jefferson County Coroner's office about 35 minutes later. The cause of death was ruled to be a single, .22 caliber gunshot wound to the head.
24 comments:
Funnay as hell
Where did that dumb shit get a rifle from? Were his parents dumb enough to give him one?
AND NOTHING OF VALUE WAS LOST
Well, that's fanfuckingtastic.Too bad nobody cares.This guy should've been an Crysis fan instead, he would've realized that this shit happens.
Ya' know what? Maybe Josh had friends LIKE ME. I'm 12, I'm not stupid, and Josh was a great kid. I've suffered a LOT in my life, so don't say crap like this! You should have better respect...! You people need to back off and think about it. Josh was a country boy and like to hunt. Answer some questions?! Thought it might.
Cool story bro
too dumb to know how a gun works, too dumb to have a gun. they need to make a video game where you hang yourself
Oh God, I lulzed so fucking hard. It's things like this that keep me from staying in bed all day, amirite?
how do you accidentally put a rifle to your head
let me guess, parents blame the "violent game" for it
HURRR HOW DO I LEAVE LOADED GUN IN THE HOUSE
From this day forth, Sept 4 will always be known as "An Halo" day... and my birthday... because nothing of value was lost...
He died for the lulz and will always be recognised as ''An Halo''
Epic Fail. If you can't figure out that even after a magazine is ejected, a bullet can still be loaded into the gun. You are officialy a dumbass.
Hey dumbass how can a dead kid use a youtube account?
Dang,while is kinda sad an 11 Y/o gunned himself down, is pretty funeeh that he died that way.
Sad lulz... but lulz nevertheless.
"Ya' know what? Maybe Josh had friends LIKE ME. I'm 12, I'm not stupid, and Josh was a great kid. I've suffered a LOT in my life, so don't say crap like this! You should have better respect...! You people need to back off and think about it. Josh was a country boy and like to hunt. Answer some questions?! Thought it might."
quoting this kiddo before....
he was 11 what pain could he possibly know?
other than of course the bullet passing through his head that is...
Wow you mother fucking assholes. yes his parents shouldn't have a loaded gun but he was fucking 11 he didn't fucking no better and except the 1 kid you all need to go to fucking die and go to hell. I'm fucking disgusted at your pure shitheadness.
4 words Go die in hell
That is if this whole story is true
The .22 caliber round would've entered the cranium but not exited, thus ricocheting around within his skull, liquefying his brain; thus producing optimum lulz when reviewing the incident.
Prof that halo NEEDS to be banned mother fuckers BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANED!
An true hero. An halo.
Hmmmm, unbelievable you guys, first the parents should be held responsible for this, you dont leave a loaded gun in the house where a child can get it. second reasons like this is what will get guns banned period!!!!!! those fucken political bastards use this stuff to push through laws that dont work anyways because in the end only criminals will own guns, and the rest of us will just be victims.......
It's been over 10 years now since Joshua passed away. We grew up together, attending the same after-school program and falling into a friendship circle of another girl and his best friend, another boy. When it first happened, the phone call I received was gossip-worthy, at best. Kind of hard to believe your friend is dead when you're 11 years old. When word hit the news, that's when we started to believe it. The next few days at school were surreal; group counseling for the entire class (small school, when we graduated we ended up at about 28 kids), lots of tears. We ended up doing a bake sale to raise funds to plant a tree. We bought a star in his name. The town has since abandoned that school and sold it to a church, I think.
I remember putting his chair up on his desk the day he died -- before I knew. He sat next to me that year. We had been really close, the three of us took it really hard when he passed. My dad couldn't get off work to take me to the funeral, but we did go to the wake. That was horrendous.
I'm 24 now, and the thought just crossed my mind: "Hey, it's September. The anniversary of his passing just went by." I didn't even think about it, but I guess subconsciously, I did.
I don't think anyone really bought the story that Halo was to blame. As grieving parents, I'm sure it's really, really easy to find any reason to blame something else beside yourself or the idea that your child could want to commit suicide at such a young age. Josh was stupid for putting a loaded gun near his head, if this was an accident like they say it is. What's shitty is that none of us ever really knew if he did intentionally kill himself or if it was an accident. We will always seek answers when we don't understand tragedy. Why? Why would someone do something so stupid?
I dunno. I just thought about it, typed his name into Google, and found myself here. Weird. I still have the card from his wake in my box of memories that I store in the back of my closet.
I’m hoping to reach the person that commented this! I’m Josh’s cousin and would love to talk to you sometime
Hi there, I’m the original commenter. I’d love to talk to you. Let me know how we can connect.
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