Pretty shocking news story . . . a college student trying to play out one of the world's most popular and violent video games in real life.
The young man stole a car and went on a spree straight out of Grand Theft Auto.
ABC's John Muller has all the details on that crime.
Police say Zachery Burgess seen here stole a truck and went on a dangerous ride Saturday night.
All because he failed to separate fantasy from reality.
Zachery stated to officers he had been playing the video game Grand Theft Auto and wanted to see if it was as fun in real life.
What happened next, police say, sounds like scene from that popular but controvecial video game.
Where characters rob, car-jack, and kill their way to the top of an urban underworld.
Zachary sees a vehicle running in the parking lot.
There's a female passenger inside the car, he then jumps into the car.
Police allege in the process Burgess smashed into 9 cars, sending 2 people to the hospital.
He wouldn't speak to me. He wouldn't look at me. It looked like he was "in the zone."
The woman eventually jumped out before Burgess allegedly slammed through this fence and into a wall.
I ran out, just watching him caught up on the brick wall here, spinning the tires.
Last year an 11 year-old boy also inspired from Grand Theft Auto stole his family's car.
He could barely see over the steering wheel.
Police stopped the vehicle before there was an accident.
We're seeing cases of kids copying these games
because the games are so realistic they want to feel it in real life.
The maker of Grand Theft Auto did not comment.
The game grossed 1 billion dollars in the first three days of it's release.
This morning Burgess is out facing charges of kidnapping and nine counts of hit-and-run.
But unlike the video game, if found guilty he faces the reality of jail.
John Muller, ABC News, New York.