A Mesa teenager says he fatally shot his father last month because he wouldn't let him use the Internet. According to a Mesa police report released Wednesday, 15-year-old Hughstan Schlicker told a homicide detective that he considered committing suicide in front of his father after finding a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition in the garage of their home, but decided to murder his father instead.
Hughstan told detectives that he used the Internet to communicate with his friends and since his father took the Internet away, he was "just so depressed all the time," the report said. Specifically, Hughstan said he hated his father because he was restricting his use of the MySpace Web site.
When told that he would not be permitted to use MySpace in prison, Hugstan appeared despondent and was placed on suicide watch.
