“Whether that was a factor, it’s all still under investigation. “Certainly, it’s a popular thing to do down there in the park,” Cullivan said. He said police are investigating whether Pokemon Go played a role. Lynn Cullivan, a spokesman for the National Park Service, confirmed Calvin Riley was shot to death at the popular tourist destination sometime between 9 and 10 p.m. People are preying on these kids playing Pokemon games. You would never think your son would get shot in the back and not come home. “I spoke to him numerous times: ‘You have to be careful about where you’re going, where you’re playing.’ It’s a huge hit out here,” Sean Riley said. ![]() The game has been linked with numerous reports of armed robbers preying on players and inattentive people being injured - including two men who fell off a cliff. The San Mateo, Calif., father and son talked about Pokemon Go when news reports began emerging around the country about players being unwittingly lured to peril. “It was just so random,” he said through tears. ![]() He said police told him that witnesses reported Calvin was shot by a man “just standing there” no more than 20 feet away “on a slight hill,” who then ran to a car and fled. Sean Riley, a professional baseball scout and former coach at Santa Clara University, said his son’s friend told him they were playing Pokemon Go. I just want the guy brought to justice,” an emotional Sean Riley said of his eldest child Calvin Riley, 20, who was killed Saturday night while playing Pokemon Go with a friend in the park near Fisherman’s Wharf.Ĭalvin Riley was two weeks away from the start of his sophomore year at San Joaquin Delta College, where he was majoring in kinesiology - the study of body movement. My son was there for probably five to 10 minutes. ![]() They’re looking down, they’re not paying attention. “I’d like to see the game stopped, it’s making kids vulnerable. The heartbroken father of a Lowell-born baseball standout said his son was fatally shot in the back while playing Pokemon Go at San Francisco’s Aquatic Park - and he said the smartphone craze has to be stopped before someone else is hurt.
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