When an 11-year-old boy went looking for his confiscated Nintendo Switch gaming system, police in Pennsylvania allege he instead found a gun, which he loaded and then used to shoot his sleeping father. Douglas Dietz, 42, has been identified as the father who was killed on Tuesday, January 13. His adopted son, Clayton Dietz, has been charged as an adult with his father's death. According to an affidavit shared with Us Weekly, Clayton turned 11 the very day he shot his dad dead. The first calls about gunfire came in just after 3 a.m.
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Critical Boy, 11, Fatally Shot Father Who Confiscated his Nintendo Switch
January 14, 2026
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