Overwatch: Man strangles his boyfriend during an argument

On January 11, 2022, 31-year-old Docquen Watkins was charged with second degree murder for choking his boyfriend to death during an argument over the video game Overwatch.

On January 6, 2022, Watkins called the Oakland County Sheriff's Office to his home in Pontiac, Michigan. He told authorities he and his boyfriend of 10 years, Rory Teasley, had been in a fight, which started while the two were playing Overwatch.

Watkins told police that Teasley was sleeping, but when deputies arrived the 28-year-old man was unresponsive on the couch. Teasley was rushed to a nearby hospital, where medical officials declared him dead.