Going Postal Over Karaoke Song Choice

Sounds like a good idea, but the actual circumstances make you think twice:

Authorities in southwest Houston say a man may have been killed early Monday morning over his choice of karaoke songs.

Investigators told KPRC that the incident happened around 2 a.m. at Ostioneria Mazatlan, a Mexican seafood restaurant.

The victim reportedly yelled that he was from Guerrero, Mexico after singing “Somos Mas Americanos,” which means “We Are More American.”

...“(The shooter) told him to shut up (and said) ‘Why are you screaming the name of that town?’” the employee told KPRC. “(The victim) said, ‘Why? It’s my town.’”

Earlier this month in California, 70-year-old William Oller, Sr. was arrested for shooting his own son, 50-year-old William Jr., for singing a Kenny Chesney country tune.

In recent years, there has been so much violence related to the singing of Frank Sinatra songs at karaoke bars in the Philippines that the media began referring to the incidents as “My Way Killings.”

“I used to like ‘My Way,’ but after all the trouble, I stopped singing it,” one singer told The New York Times in 2010. “You can get killed.”