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PA Boy Killed His Dad After Video Game Taken Away, Reports Say
- On Jan. 13, police said an 11-year-old boy was charged with homicide after allegedly shooting and killing Douglas Dietz at their Duncannon Borough, Perry County, Pennsylvania home.
- Court documents say the shooting followed the boy's Nintendo Switch being taken away, and investigators say he became angry after being told to go to bed, preceding the incident.
- Accessing the safe, the boy found the key while searching for the Nintendo Switch, removed a handgun, loaded it, and allegedly fired at his father, according to court documents.
- Records show he was charged with criminal homicide, denied bail and is being held at Perry County Prison with a hearing scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 22.
- Amid experts' warnings, researchers note that though the Dietz family's guns were locked and unloaded, accessible keys allowed the child to get a firearm; Pennsylvania lacks safe-storage laws, a CDC study found.
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