| Date |
Source |
Deaths |
Injuries |
| Feb 05, 2020 |
Pokémon Go player who was hunting for Pikachu is knifed in the neck after he refused to give a stranger $5 and a cigarette |
1 |
– |
| Oct 21, 2019 |
Police investigate robbery tied to fatal shooting |
1 |
– |
| Jul 21, 2019 |
43-Year-Old Pokémon GO Player Arrested After Fight Over In-Game Gym |
– |
1 |
| Dec 03, 2018 |
Man has leg amputated after falling on to railway tracks while playing Pokemon Go |
– |
1 |
| Nov 19, 2018 |
Pokémon Go player, pregnant woman victims of Minneapolis weekend shootings, police say |
– |
1 |
| Oct 28, 2018 |
Pokemon Go player punched and kicked in ‘nasty, cowardly’ street attack |
– |
1 |
| Oct 02, 2018 |
A Vigil for a Friend Follows Second Rogers Park Murder in Two Days |
1 |
– |
| Sep 13, 2018 |
Girl guilty on all counts in Sobieraj’s death |
1 |
– |
| Jun 19, 2018 |
Father and son beat man over Pokémon Go dispute |
– |
1 |
| Apr 16, 2018 |
85-year-old woman fatally struck by driver playing Pokemon Go |
1 |
– |
| Nov 04, 2017 |
Tacoma Police seek tips to ID suspect who killed well-loved Pokemon Go player |
1 |
– |
| May 15, 2017 |
Pokemon GO Player Suffers Serious Injury, Loses Sight in One Eye |
– |
1 |
| Mar 1, 2017 |
Man died of heart attack moments after catching rare Pokemon Lapras |
1 |
– |
| Feb 20, 2017 |
Woman playing Pokémon Go seriously injured in shooting |
– |
1 |
| Jan 26, 2017 |
Chesapeake man killed by security guard was playing “Pokémon Go,” says family’s lawyer |
1 |
– |
| Dec 18, 2016 |
Deputies: Clearwater teacher was playing ‘Pokemon Go’ when he hit 2 pedestrians |
– |
2 |
| Dec 07, 2016 |
Young woman suffers multiple injuries during Pokemon hunt in Chesterfield |
– |
1 |
| Dec 04, 2016 |
Teenage boy seriously injured after being smashed through windscreen when hit by a car while playing Pokémon Go |
– |
1 |
| Nov 30, 2016 |
No investigation in claim deputy told to omit Pokemon Go from fatal accident report |
1 |
– |
| Oct 26, 2016 |
9-year-old boy killed by truck driver playing Pokemon Go in central Japan |
1 |
– |
| Oct 14, 2016 |
Police: Intoxicated motorcyclist kills boy playing Pokémon Go |
1 |
2 |
| Oct 05, 2016 |
Britain’s first Pokemon Go murder? Supermarket worker ‘beaten to death in car park over mobile phone game’ |
1 |
– |
| Sep 18, 2016 |
Pokémon Go streamer mugged live on Twitch |
– |
1 |
| Sep 12, 2016 |
Crane driver in fatal Kyoto crash was playing ‘Pokemon Go,’ court documents show |
1 |
– |
| Aug 28, 2016 |
Men assaulted while playing Pokemon Go on Adelaide beach |
– |
2 |
| Aug 25, 2016 |
Second deadly road accident linked to ‘Pokemon Go’ in Japan |
1 |
– |
| Aug 25, 2016 |
Pokemon Go player injured in crash at WSU west campus |
– |
1 |
| Aug 24, 2016 |
Woman hit by vehicle in Japan’s first Pokemon Go-related death |
1 |
1 |
| Aug 23, 2016 |
Man suffers injury after falling on South Shields cliffs while playing Pokemon Go |
– |
1 |
| Aug 18, 2016 |
Police identify LeClaire Park stabbing victim |
1 |
– |
| Aug 12, 2016 |
Two hurt after hit by car while playing ‘Pokemon Go’ |
– |
2 |
| Aug 11, 2016 |
Pokemon Go craze claims its first Greek casualty |
– |
1 |
| Aug 09, 2016 |
Hays man, 38, struck by vehicle while playing Pokemon Go |
– |
1 |
| Aug 08, 2016 |
Reporter falls off motorcycle while playing Pokemon Go |
– |
1 |
| Aug 07, 2016 |
Man killed while playing ‘Pokemon Go’ in park near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf |
1 |
– |
| Aug 03, 2016 |
Dayton man robbed while playing Pokemon Go |
– |
1 |
| Jul 30, 2016 |
Pokémon GO death: Woman dragged 70 meters by stolen car |
1 |
– |
| Jul 29, 2016 |
‘Pokémon Go’ player beaten, robbed in Davis |
– |
1 |
| Jul 28, 2016 |
Danish Pokémon hunter killed in traffic accident |
1 |
– |
| Jul 27, 2016 |
Pokemon GO stabbing: Three men knifed after fight breaks out over popular mobile game in city park |
– |
4 |
| Jul 27, 2016 |
San Jose Pokémon Go player tells of being slashed in face by suspicious bystander |
– |
1 |
| Jul 27, 2016 |
Pokemon Go player robbed at Desert Breeze Park |
– |
2 |
| Jul 26, 2016 |
Man robbed, assaulted, shot while playing Pokemon Go in Columbus park |
– |
1 |
| Jul 25, 2016 |
Gunman gets shot by Pokemon Go player he tried to rob |
– |
2 |
| Jul 25, 2016 |
Be safe out there: Saskatoon man warns Pokemon Go players after bear spray attack |
– |
3 |
| Jul 25, 2016 |
Police: Man assaults niece over Pokemon Go dispute |
– |
1 |
| Jul 24, 2016 |
Police arrest Brewer woman accused of Pokemon Go-related hit-and-run |
– |
1 |
| Jul 23, 2016 |
Man robbed, stabbed while playing ‘Pokemon Go’ |
– |
1 |
| Jul 23, 2016 |
2 Pokemon Go players, allegedly drunk, crash cars into trees in Wisconsin |
– |
2 |
| Jul 22, 2016 |
First Pokemon GO Related Injury Japan Has Already Happened |
– |
1 |
| Jul 22, 2016 |
Woman who disappeared while playing Pokemon GO in Brisbane is found dead |
1 |
– |
| Jul 22, 2016 |
Woman in York County robbed while playing ‘Pokemon Go,’ deputies say |
– |
1 |
| Jul 22, 2016 |
Pokémon Go player robbed of phone |
– |
1 |
| Jul 20, 2016 |
Pokémon GO ‘sees its first death after 18-year-old breaks into house to catch virtual animal but is shot’ |
1 |
1 |
| Jul 18, 2016 |
Police say ‘Pokemon Go’ player stabbed in North Carolina |
– |
1 |
| Jul 14, 2016 |
Two assaults related to Pokemon Go reported in Central Texas |
– |
3 |
| Jul 13, 2016 |
‘Pokemon Go’ players fall off 90-foot ocean bluff |
– |
2 |
| Jul 13, 2016 |
Man Playing ‘Pokemon Go’ Stabbed in Anaheim Park |
– |
1 |
| Jul 12, 2016 |
Pokemon Go Player Bit By Real Snake in North Texas Park |
– |
1 |
| Jul 12, 2016 |
Pokemon Go Hunt Ends With Punch To The Face, Robbery And Trip To The ER |
– |
1 |
| Jul 12, 2016 |
Mom says teenage daughter hit by car in Tarentum after playing ‘Pokemon Go’ |
– |
1 |
| Jul 12, 2016 |
“Pokémon Go” Nearly Claims First Victim |
– |
1 |
| Jul 10, 2016 |
‘Pokemon Go’ fan stabbed while playing game, continues mission to ‘catch ’em all’ after attack |
– |
1 |
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