"When officers responded to the residence around 3:20 a.m., they discovered 42-year-old Douglas Dietz dead in the bedroom he shared with his wife. According to the affidavit it is connected to his son's room by a closet. The night prior, the family celebrated the boy's birthday, singing him Happy Birthday before turning in for the night. Douglas' wife Jillian Dietz told police that she awoke to the loud noise and a fiery smell."
"The boy also allegedly told investigators he got mad at his father when he said he had to go to bed for the night. He said he found a key to his father's safe while searching for his Nintendo Switch, which had previously been confiscated. Authorities said he additionally confessed to removing the gun from the safe, loading bullets into it and walking over to his father's side of the bed, according to court documents."
An 11-year-old boy in Duncannon Borough, Pennsylvania, fatally shot his 42-year-old father early Tuesday morning after the father confiscated the boy's Nintendo Switch. Officers responding around 3:20 a.m. found Douglas Dietz dead in the bedroom he shared with his wife, a room connected to the son's by a closet. The family had celebrated the boy's birthday the night before. The boy allegedly shouted that his father was dead and told his mother he killed him. He told investigators he found a key to his father's safe, removed a gun, loaded it, pulled back the hammer and fired. The boy has been charged with criminal homicide and is being held at the Perry County Prison.
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