US boy, 11, allegedly shoots father to death after Nintendo Switch taken away [View all]
Source: The Guardian
An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy allegedly shot his father to death after previously having his Nintendo Switch handheld gaming system taken away.
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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.
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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.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/boy-allegedly-shoots-father-nintendo-switch
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