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Posted on 01/16/2026 4:44:18 PM PST by simpson96
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with criminal homicide after his father was fatally shot in the family’s home.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, the boy had his Nintendo Switch taken away shortly before the shooting, and was ordered to go to bed.
In court documents obtained by local NBC News affiliate WGAL News 8, police identified Clayton Dietz, of Perry County, Pa., as the suspect in his father’s death. According to ABC Eyewitness News, police at the scene said they overheard Clayton tell his mother, “I killed Daddy.”
The incident occurred on Clayton’s birthday.
Douglas Dietz, 42, died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the documents.
Dietz was found in his bed in the master bedroom he shared with his wife, which is connected to his son’s bedroom by a closet, according to the affidavit.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. According to the court filings, Dietz’s wife told police she was woken from her sleep by a loud noise and the smell of something that reminded her of fireworks. She said she tried to nudge her husband awake, but he didn’t move, according to the legal filing. She heard what she assumed was water dripping, but upon turning on the light, she discovered it was blood.
Police said Clayton came into the room and said, “Daddy’s dead.”
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I have.
Imho sociopaths are born not made.
I wonder if this child was “imported” for adoption, and if so, from where.
Eleven is too old not to know the consequences of shooting someone. He should never be let out of confinement.
It can be done but it is a great deal of work.
Exposure to alcohol and drugs in the womb do not make you evil.
It is the duty of parents to turn them into empathetic children by teaching and modeling.
In my equally humble opinion people who want to say that a child is just "born evil" are disinclined to put in the work.
Tim Walz has perfectly nice parents and siblings that turned out fine.
But he’s a grifting pos.
Genetic influences on sociopathy are significant, especially among siblings and identical twins.
I’ll say it again. Tampon jerks his kid around like he’s a rag doll.
His wife cringes when he touches her.
His daughter has stated she has “psychiatric issues.”
Walz is a criminal, a liar and a narcissist, has anger issues and is delusional.
He believes he should be president and now he’s getting off on running his own little country where Donald Trump is not president…..he is.
The kid played too many violent video games. They are addictive and truly evil as they desensitize people to violence and death.
“...He’s a democrat already!!...”
Yep. He’s a future potential communist RAT POTUS candidate...
The article appears to be written by an 8 year old.
Here’s a better description of what happened:
Police were dispatched to the family’s residence at about 3.20am, after a report of an “unresponsive male”. The news site says that officers found a 42-year-old man named Douglas Dietz dead in bed from a gunshot wound to the head.
The victim was reportedly discovered in the bedroom he shared with his wife, which court documents say is connected to their son’s bedroom by a closet.
The news outlet states that after investigating, authorities identified the man’s 11-year-old son as the suspect.
Police reported it was the child’s birthday, and he had entered the bedroom shouting: “Daddy’s dead.” Troopers at the scene also reportedly said that they heard the son tell his mother: “I killed Daddy.”
Police said the shooting occurred after the couple had gone to bed shortly past midnight. The child reportedly told authorities that he had had a good day with his parents, but the documents reportedly state that he became “mad” when his father told him it was time to go to bed.
The affidavit, cited by WGAL News 8, reportedly states that when officers asked the boy what had happened, he replied: “I shot somebody.” The sworn police statement also said: “He admitted that he had someone in mind whom he was going to shoot, whom he identified as his father.”
According to the news outlet, the court document says that the boy told police he found a key to the gun safe his father’s drawer in his parent’s bedroom. He reportedly unlocked it while attempting to locate his Nintendo Switch – which had previously been taken away from him – and found a gun.
The son then allegedly admitted to “removing the gun from the safe, loading bullets into it and walking over to his father’s side of the bed”, according to the affidavit. “He pulled back the hammer and fired the gun at his father,” the affidavit adds.
When asked what he believed would happen when he fired the gun, the boy responded that he was “mad” and that he had “not thought about that”, according to investigators.
WGAL News 8 reported that the child was denied bail after being taken into custody. A hearing is tentatively scheduled for 22 January.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/boy-allegedly-shoots-father-nintendo-switch
That poor wife.
I will also say that at a certain point people begin to make themselves.
Mom and Dad guide you during your first four years and friends begin to guide you afterwards but what you are as an adult is what you have decided to be.
The good part about that is you are not stuck as you are now. If you want to be different, you can. It is just going to be a whole lot of work.
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Waiting for the trendy new “He’s on the spectrum” defense.
“ Mom and Dad guide you during your first four years”.
Which is why day care is such a bad idea.
Maybe a meeting to meet Jesus should be arranged. Feed the kid minds with mayhem, blood, guts, elevation of personal feelings above reason, and plain ol’ sin, and patricide / matricide will occur
no the sin nature makes you evil from conception if you want to speak in those terms. Can regions of the brain be affected by outside influences during gestation, can you doubt it? Like impulsiveness?
Probably not, being from Perry County, but I could agree he’s a psycho!!
They didn’t explain the marks on the boy’s face. Was he being abused?
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