An 11-year-old boy faces homicide charges for allegedly shooting his father to death after he confiscated his Nintendo Switch gaming device in Pennsylvania, the Guardian reports.
Police found the man, Douglas Dietz, 42, with a gunshot wound to the head in his bed on January 13, the report says.
The child told authorities that he became “mad” after his father told him to go to bed, the report says.
The boy said that he found the key to his father’s gun safe, which he opened while searching for the Nintendo Switch, which had been confiscated.
Instead, the boy found the gun, which he admitted to firing at his father, the report says. Police officers reportedly heard the son tell his mother, “I killed Daddy,” when they arrived at the home.
The local WGAL News 8 news outlet reports the child is being held in custody and was denied bail.
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