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College baseball player shot dead while playing Pokemon

Report has it that the killing was unprovoked, as there was no confrontation between the deceased and his assailant.

Calvin Riley
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According to the L.A. Times, the incident happened on Saturday, August 6, 2016, at a park in San Francisco.

The deceased, who is a student at San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, was on a look-out for Pokemon alongside a friend when he was killed.

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This was disclosed by John Kirby, a friend of Riley.

He said, “From what we know, there was no confrontation,”

"There was nothing said back and forth. It was just senseless … just came up and shot in the back and ran away for nothing.”

Pokemon is a fictional game developed by Niantic for iOS and Android devices, which currently has a large global patronage.

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