A man from New Jersey was charged with attempted second-degree murder over the weekend after he flew to Florida and attacked another gamer with a hammer allegedly over a dispute in an MMORPG, according to police. On the morning of June 23, Edward Kang, a 20-year-old man, was arrested by Nassau County Florida police after arriving at the house of Zachary Dinh and allegedly assaulting him with a hammer he bought at a store just before the attack. According to police, as reported by The New York Times , Kang had never met Dinh in person, but the two allegedly interacted in the MMORPG ArcheAge .
At this time it’s unknown exactly what happened between the two men online in the MMORPG, but police said the hammer attack was caused by “an online altercation” within ArcheAge . Trion Worlds / Gamespot “I don’t know what transpired between the victim and the suspect, but something made the suspect want to come down to Florida and injure the other individual,” explained Sherif Bill Leeper. According to police, Kang flew from Newark to Jacksonville and then checked into a Florida hotel on June 21.
Allegedly, Kang told his family that he was travelling to Florida to visit a friend. After arriving in Florida, Kang visited a local hardware store and bought a hammer and a flashlight. Then, early on Sunday morning, while dressed in all black clothes and wearing a mask, Kang arrived at Dinh’s house and entered via an unlocked door.
Once inside, Kang reportedly began attacking the .