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US student shot dead while on Pokemon Go

An American college student has been shot and killed in San Francisco with his friend saying he was playing Pokemon Go at the time of the shooting.

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A college student has been shot to death while playing mobile game "Pokemon Go" at a tourist attraction in San Francisco.

Police say the 20-year-old was shot on Saturday night by an unknown assailant in what's been called a random and senseless attack.

US Park police and local homicide detectives are investigating what led to the shooting, while a family friend has told local television that Riley and a friend were playing the popular mobile game when someone came up and shot the young man in the back and ran away.


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