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Police alerted: Teenager screams so loudly while playing “Fortnite” that passers-by call 911
It can happen that your emotions run away when you play. The popular game “Fortnite” is made for this.
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During heated battles in video games like “Fortnite,” it’s easy to get carried away with emotions. The police in Bornheim-Walberberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, were recently called to an operation – and found the screamer peacefully in his bed.
With his excited squeals while playing computer games, a teenager near Bonn unsettled a passer-by so much that he became concerned Police alerted – because he suspected an emergency. The man heard cries for help and “hysterical screams” from an apartment in Bornheim-Walberberg and then called the emergency number, as the emergency services reported on Thursday.
14 year old loses at “Fortnite” and screams
When the officers rang the doorbell at the apartment in question, they met a visibly surprised couple of parents. Das reported that the 14-year-old son had recently played a game of “Fortnite” on the computer – apparently not particularly successfully – and was loudly excited. Afterwards, however, the boy suddenly calmed down and was already asleep in his bed when the police rang, as the officers reported. The parents promised the police that they would follow up on what happened with their son.