The Gemara learns out the idea of having a makom kavu’a for davening from Avraham, about whom the Torah indicates he returned to the same place to daven. But what is the significance of davening in the same place every day? I once heard a vort as follows: The first time Avraham davened was for Sodom, it was after that story that we find he returned to his place and davened again. What is very significant about that is that Hashem did not listen to him the first time, as Hashem ended up destroying Sodom! A regular person might have said, I must not be davening in the right spot, I must not be saying the right words, etc. etc. But Avraham said, no, if I wasn’t answered it is because I need to be better, ??? ???? ???? ??? ??, and the place hardly matters. Therefore the next time he davened he returned to exactly the same place where he had not been answered before, because he wanted to show that he understood what really mattered.
In light of this pshat I think it is ironic that someone would actually hurt someone else in order to never miss sitting in his makom kavu’a. You are right, he completely missed the boat, and hopefully someone will set him straight.