Does it ever just pluck your nerves when you pay a sizable amount of money to go see a film at a movie theater, only to end up sitting near people who flap their jaws throughout the whole thing, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they are disturbing others? Sometimes, it just makes you want to go ballistic, but, of course, most of us just suffer in silence.
Apparently, one 29-year-old South Philly moviegoer was unwilling to hold back his irritation over chatty fellow patrons who gabbed throughout a Christmas holiday showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The peeved dude showed his disfavor, at first, by telling the continually talkative family to shut it down, even tossing popcorn at the son. When the dad objected to what he appeared to perceive to be a threat, his ticked-off nemesis responded by pulling out a .380-caliber gun and shooting the father in the left arm.
Though no one was seriously injured, everybody else ran for safety and the satisfied 29-year-old finally sat down to enjoy the movie in peace.
Not sure whether he finished viewing the pic, but cops arrived and arrested him for aggravated assault and attempted murder.