Editor's Note: In an interview Friday with the News Sentinel, Army combat veteran Casey Jones said he emptied the pistol's clip into his bedroom ceiling in a desperate bid to save himself from his demons.

A 30-year-old man is facing felony charges after flying into a rage while playing a video game and firing more than a dozen rounds from two different handguns into the ceiling and walls of his bedroom of his North Knox County home, according to court records.

One of the bullets struck a house directly across the street where a family of three was at home, arrest warrants state. Authorities later found the round lodged behind a window shutter. No one inside the house was injured.

Casey L. Jones, is charged with four counts of reckless endangerment involving a deadly weapon following the incident, reported at 1:37 a.m. Wednesday on the 5100 block of Magic Lantern Drive.

A woman in the home with Jones told Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies there was no trouble before Jones erupted.

Man began screaming, had breaking point

"She stated that no argument had taken place, but the arrestee was playing Xbox when he suddenly had a breaking point and began screaming at the game," the arrest warrant states. "He smashed the gaming console with his fist, causing him to act out in more rage.

"The victim then told officers (Jones) went upstairs to the bedroom and began firing rounds through the ceiling and walls, but never pointed the firearm at her. The arrestee made threats of harming himself and has a history of making those same threats, according to the victim."

Jones later admitted to authorities he had picked up a Springfield XDS handgun from his nightstand and fired several rounds into the ceiling, the warrants state. Then he grabbed a Springfield XDM and fired another volley of gunfire through the walls. One of those rounds went through a bedroom window and struck the neighbors' house.

Authorities recovered 16 shell casings from the bedroom. Both handguns were confiscated.

There was no word on what game Jones was playing before he lost control.

Jones, who has no previous criminal history in Knox County, has been released on $8,000 bond. He is set for arraignment Nov. 14.

Video games do cause rage

Rage induced by having a video game taken away is much more common than rage stemming from a video game, itself, due to the addictive nature of video games and the connection players often feel to their fictional community, according to John Kupfner, a psychiatrist with Peninsula Behavioral Health, in Lenoir City.

Kupfner said rage can arise from video games, themselves, as people can have a hard time separating reality from fiction, particularly as video games are often played online with multiple people so that contenders are part of a "fictional community."

When a player feels he or she has let other players down or is criticized by other players, he or she can take it very personally and become very angry.

“People that play lots and lots of hours of these things, their online avatar becomes part of their identity,” he said, noting that struggles within a game upset them just as much as failures and disappointments in real life.

An online avatar is a graphic of the user or the user's alter-ego or video game character.

Vicariously living through an inflated ego of an avatar can lead to the sense of rejection and anger a players when they don't win a game, Kupfner said.

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How can gamers prevent rage?

How can video gamers prevent themselves from falling into a rage while playing?

"Everything has to be in moderation," Kupfner said, stressing that people need time for normal human interaction.

When it comes to young players who can't control their emotions, Kupfner directs parents to get rid of the games altogether.

Parents need to have complete control over the gaming system and outline guidelines for when it can be used.

"From the beginning," Kupfner said, "the parents need to be clear that the children don't own the games or the devices."

News Sentinel Staff Writer Erica Breunlin contributed to this story.