text: Fed up: Lucas Hinch shot his computer 8 times in the alley of his herb and tea shop . Police in Colorado have cited a . 37-year-old man for carrying his computer into an alley then . shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities . said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine. Lucas Hinch, who runs an organic herb and tea shop, was cited for discharging a firearm within city . limits after officers responded to a 'shots fired' call early on . Monday evening, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a . statement. 'Investigation revealed a resident was fed up with fighting . his computer for the last several months,' said the statement, . entitled 'Man Kills His Computer.' 'He took the computer into the back alley and fired eight . shots into the computer with a handgun, effectively disabling . it,' it added. The Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper cited police as . saying Hinch was good-natured about the citation, and that he . told officers he had not realized he was breaking the law. 'I just had it,' Hinch told The Smoking Gun. Specifically, he said he'd had enough of the Dell XPS 410's 'blue screen of death.' Finch took the 9mm pistol he'd recently purchased on Craigslist out behind Organica Herb & Tea Co., which he operates with his girlfriend, and 'fired 8 shots into the computer,' according to city police, 'effectively disabling it.' A judge will decide what penalty the citation carries. 'Man kills his computer': 'Investigation revealed a resident was fed up with fighting his computer for the last several months,' said the police statement, entitled 'Man Kills His Computer.' Hero: Finch took the 9mm pistol he'd recently purchased on Craigslist out behind Organica Herb & Tea Co., which he operates with his girlfriend, and 'fired 8 shots into the computer,' according to city police, 'effectively disabling it.'
target: Lucas Hinch, who runs an herb and tea shop in Colorado Springs, said he'd simply had enough of the computer's 'blue screen of death'