Authorities in Michigan allege a 31-year-old man choked his longtime boyfriend to death last week during an argument over a video game.
Docquen Jovo Watkins has been formally charged with second-degree murder.
Although he has been arraigned, plea information for Watkins was unavailable Tuesday.
Police allege in a statement that Watkins called the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office to his Pontiac, Michigan residence on Thursday.
According to the statement, Watkins told authorities he and his boyfriend of 10 years, Rory Teasley, had been in a fight.
The argument reportedly started while the two were playing Overwatch, a popular team-based shooter game.
Watkins told police that Teasley was sleeping, the statement says, but when deputies arrived the 28-year-old man was unresponsive on the couch.
According to the police, Teasley wasn’t breathing, and deputies had him rushed to a nearby hospital, where medical officials declared him dead.
Watkins is being held without bond.
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