James Joseph Cialella took his son to the movies on Christmas Day. The 29 year old from Philadelphia got angry at a family that was talking during a showing of the new Brad Pitt fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Riverview Movie Theatre. Unfortunately, it ended badly for both families.
Cialella first told the chatting family to be quiet and then entered into a full blown argument in a theater full of people trying to follow the movie plot. He threw popcorn at the son and then pulled a Kel-Tec .380-caliber handgun and shot the father.
Police took Cialella into custody and charged him with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons violations according to a police report.
The unnamed victim was taken to Jefferson Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm.