70-Year Old Man Shoots TV, Arrested over DTV Transition

40% of the nation's stations transitioned to DTV on the original transition date of February 17th anyway, despite Congress delaying it until June 12th. The DTV transition has frustrated many people across the nation, but an elderly Missouri man took his frustration to the extreme.

Walter Hoover apparently shot his television on Wednesday when he couldn't get his digital converter box to work. Hoover was taken into police custody and charged with unlawful use of a firearm.

Hoover's wife told police that her husband had been drinking before the incident occurred.

I like this quote from the Gizmodo.com article:
"Surprised? You shouldn't be. Violence like this was inevitable. All it takes is mixing one part old man with one part technology, one part handgun and two parts alcohol. Then shake vigorously with an absence of Wheel of Fortune." - haha!



Not Hoover or his wife, but nevertheless a fun picture that made me think of this story!

I first found this story on Gizmodo.com, which linked me to these articles on Kare11 and KSDK.