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Devin Moore (born Devin Darnell Thompson on May 15, 1985) is a convict from Alabama who sparked a large controversy over the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City when he committed three acts of first-degree murder in the Fayette, Alabama police station in 2003. Moore killed two policemen (Arnold Strickland and James Crump) and a dispatcher (Leslie Mealer) after being booked on suspicion of stealing a car. He then fled in a patrol car.
Moore was apprehended hours later in Mississippi. According to the Associated Press, after his recapture he said, "Life is a video game. Everybody's got to die sometime." Once in custody, Moore quickly confessed. He told detectives that he shot the men because he didn't want to go to jail.
The controversy involving his relation to Grand Theft Auto was revealed during an episode of 60 Minutes on March 6, 2005. In the episode a student demonstrated Grand Theft Auto to them, showing them the adult nature of the game.. Moore, who recently graduated from high school, was never in trouble before. He enlisted in the Air Force and was due to leave for service at the end of the summer.