At least one police report has been filed with Omaha police, claiming threats of violence and haraassment.

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WEBVTT POKEMON GO PLAYER. MICHELLE BANDUR IS HERE WITH THE STORY. >> ROB, JULIE, ACCUSATIONS ARE FLYING. OPPONENTS CLAIM BOTH SIDES ARE BEING THREATENED AND HARASSED AND NOW POLICE ARE INVOLVED. >> WHEN POKEMON GO FIRST LAUNCHED LAST SUMMER THE MOBILE APP BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER FROMDIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. IT BROUGHT THIS MOM AND HER SON CLOSER. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ENJOY TOGETHER. >> BUT THE FUN GAME YOU PLAY ON YOUR PHONE HAS TAKEN A TROUBLINGTURN IN A BATTLE OVER TURF. >> THEY CAN'T TELL US WHERE TO PLAY A GAME. >> THE IDEA IS TO CATCH A POKEMON WHICH CAN BE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN. POSSESSING GYMS OR AREAS. KIMMY SAYS SHE GOT SO GOOD AT COLLECTING GEMS IT MADE OTHER PLAYERS MAD. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERREACTION. >> THE BACK AND FORTH TURF BATTLE LEFT THE APP AND TURNED INTO SOCIAL MESSAGES BETWEEN KIMMY HER SON AND 41-YEAR-OLD REPORT. HE FILED AN INCIDENT REPORT CLAIMING THE MOTHER AND 23-YEAR-OLD SON HAVE BEEN HARASSING THEM. HE SAYS THE SON IS VERY AGGRESSIVE, INSULTING AND TOLD HIM I WILL BEAT YOUR EXPLETIVE AND IT WILL IT IS GOING TO BE PHYSICAL. >> HE DIDN'T THREATEN HIM. >> THE SON WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED HE SHOWED US TWO TEXT MESSAGES HE RECEIVED FROM OTHER PLAYERS. THIS ONE USED A RACIAL SLUR AND TOLD HIM TO KILLYOURSELF. HE TOO CALLED THE POLICE. >> I'M EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE THE GAME UP MYSELF OR I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MYSELF AT RISK FOR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO BE TARGETED. >> IS IT WORTH IT. >> AT THIS POINT PROBABLY NOT. >> I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHOFILED THE POLICE REPORT. HE CALLED THIS WHOLE THING EMBARRASSING FOR ALL. AND CHILDISH. BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES WHEN HE SAYS HERECEIVED THOSE THREATS. KIMMY AND HER SON AGREE AND ALL OF

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Accusations are flying just like the poke balls in the popular game. The virtual game becomes real when opponents on both sides claim harassment and threats and violence. Now Omaha police are involved. When the Pokemon Go game you play on your phone launched last summer, it brought people to together. Kimmy and her son, 23, said it's nice quality time to spend together. But the fun game has taken a troubling turn in Omaha in a battle over "turf." Kimmy said, "They can't tell us where to play a game." Kimmy plays every day and loves it. She said she's gotten so good, players on opposing teams started getting upset with her. The idea is to catch a Pokemon which can be in different areas of town. Players build up teams possessing "gyms" or areas. Kimmy plays every day and loves it. She said she's gotten so good, players on opposing teams started getting upset with her. "Without a doubt, there has been an overreaction, " said Kimmy's son. He does not want to be identified. They say it started a couple of months ago with a confrontation in a retail store parking lot. The back and forth turf battle left the virtual world and moved to social media and text messages between Kimmy, her son and an opponent. That man, 41, filed a police incident report. He claimed the mother and her son have been "harassing" him and made "threats of violence." He said the son is "very aggressive, very assaulting and told him, "I will beat your (expletive) and "It is going to get physical." The son showed KETV two text messages he said he received from other players. One text used a racial slur and told him to "kill urself." The other one told him to "eat and aids burger." Kimmy and her son also called the police. He said, "I am going to have to give the game up myself or continue to be targeted." The man who filed the police report called the situation "embarrassing and childish for all involved."