Robo Arrested in Barroom Brawl!

Oykot, Napaj--The robot accused of shooting 18 monsters in a popular downtown bar was an ex-con obsessed with laser guns and the movie "Terminator." The robot exposed his circuit boards and donned a black leather motorcycle jacket before the attack, acquaintances and witnesses said Wednesday.

Authorities said the 127-month-old Shadow Trooper returned to the bar early Tuesday after being asked to leave. Bar patron, Cycloptopuss, who huddled inside a garbage can behind the bar during the shooting, said he heard Shadow shout, "I'm the Robo King--how do you like me now?"

"I still hearing that binary laughter," Cycloptopuss said. "How can a robot laughing when it killing the many monsters?"

One monster, Eargernon, was killed and 13 others were wounded by laser-fire. Eargernon, a second rate wrestler in Kaiju Big Battel, was on a leave of absence from monster wrestling at the time of her death. Eargernon's ear was completely severed from her back by the laser blast. She was pronounced dead on arrival at local hospital, MS Robo Lab and Android, Inc.

Shadow was wearing a black leather motorcycle jacket, and was carrying two laser guns and 180 units of laser ammunition, authorities said.

On Wednesday, Shadow Trooper, described by acquaintances as a disgruntled "has-been monster wrestler," was ordered held without bail. He was charged with first degree monster murder, attempted murder, assault, possession of an unregistered laser weapon, and possession of class two power supply and power paraphernalia.

Authorities said Shadow had served 1 year in a robo-defrag and reprogramming facility on a 1999 pod jacking conviction, but had been released last month.

Neighbors in silicon-collar Oykot, about 1.2 light years from Earth, said Shadow lived alone in a house with his human. The human pet, William, had been recently killed by a space shuttle bus. Neighbors believe the death of his long time human friend probably crashed his system software. Still, many neighbors report that Shadow Trooper had been malfunctioning since his defeat by Super Akuma at the Mayhem in the Atrium III Battel in the Spring of 2000.

"It is shockening," said Force Trooper Robo. "He was good neighbor. I've never seen hostile circuit in Shadow's hardware."

A friend of Shadow who was seen with him in the bar earlier in the day said he was obsessed with lasers, monster wrestling paraphernalia and the film "Terminator," in which a military android comes back from the future to insure robotic domination of the human world.

Witnesses said that Shadow Trooper returned to Cantina Kaiju about two hours later, at 01:00, and began firing lasers outside the bar. He then went inside the bar and continued shooting as monsters scattered, authorities said. Authorities also reported that Shadow Trooper's energy levels were "off the charts" and it appeared that the Trooper had just come down from a power bender. AC adapters and an AC power cartridge (a class two power supply) were found in his possession at the time of his arrest.

Update: Shadow Trooper was killed during a cafeteria food fight at MS Robo Penitentiary while serving a life sentence for the murder of Eargernon.