Facebook Fight Between 'Keyboard Gangsters' Ends In Shooting
44-year-old Florida man drove to the home of a stranger he'd been arguing with and shooting and wounding him after a political argument on Facebook.
Now Brian Sebring faces felony charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed gun.
Sebring told the Tampa Bay Times he "just snapped and let primal rage take over" when he left work early on Monday, went home to get his gun and headed to the home of Alex Stephens.
"I'm not a bad guy," Sebring told the newspaper, "but I mean, this guy threatened to hurt my family, and I went off the deep end."
Sebring said he's probably going to see a therapist now because it scares him that "I could lose my temper like that and do something so stupid."
According to Sebring, a registered Democrat, he responded to post on Facebook by a felon who said he wanted to share his political opinions even though he'd lost his right to vote.
Sebring was arrested and has been released on a USD 9,500 bond.
Now in addition to legal troubles, Sebring said he's the target of social media trolling.
"I ruined my life over this," Sebring said. "Now my mother is too afraid to leave the house, my sons are afraid to walk to school or church, all because of some keyboard gangsters."
-PTC News
