Insets: Beau Lieurance (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office/KSAZ/YouTube). Background: The Arizona home where Beau Lieurance allegedly pulled a gun on his mom and another person (KSAZ/YouTube).
An Arizona man has admitted to pulling an assault rifle on his mother during a fight over his “entitlement” to “part of the house” that they live in. The man pointed the gun at his mom and pulled the trigger, but it didn’t go off.
Beau Lieurance, 28, has accepted a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after being accused of pointing the assault rifle at his mother and an “elderly” man who was staying at their home. Prosecutors said his anger was possibly fueled by a “Total War” video game he plays up to 60 hours a week.
“I finally became fed up,” Lieurance reportedly said while appearing in court earlier this year.
“It was my part of the house which I haven’t gained entitlement to over the last seven years,” Lieurance said, according to local Fox affiliate KSAZ.
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Lieurance was originally arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a weapon during the commission of a felony, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. He accepted his plea deal on July 30, according to court records.
It’s unclear whether Lieurance knew his gun would not go off, with prosecutors pointing to mental health issues and Lieurance’s obsession with video games as possible contributing factors.
“There are allegations that he currently plays a video game titled Total War,” a Maricopa County prosecutor said at a February hearing. “He plays that approximately 50 to 60 hours per week. There are concerns with the people that he plays with … that are based, possibly in North Africa, that have ties to Islamic extremists.”
Lieurance told the court that the charges and accusations against him were “completely false” and that he is actually the victim.
“It was very obvious to any neighbor you could ask of that it was an intimidation for three to four days,” Lieurance said. “I believe that certain liquids was laced in some of my drinks.”
The prosecutor who spoke to the court said Lieurance admitted to officers that he has “secret apps on his phone that he uses to communicate with individuals that he is playing Total War with.”
Total War is a strategy video game series with multiple titles and genres featuring an “exhilarating mix of turn-based empire building and colossal real-time battles.”
Lieurance is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 27.
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