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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Police said a 70-year-old Missouri man was so upset by the switch to digital television broadcasting that he opened fire on his TV set.
Walter Hoover, 70, was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a firearm after his frustration over losing his cable and his inability to make his digital converter box function properly allegedly led him to his act of violence against electronics, KSDK-TV, St. Louis, reported Monday.
Investigators sad Hoover's wife told officers that he had been drinking alcohol prior to the gunfire.
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