11-year-old U.S. boy charged with killing father after being told to go to bed

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.” ---More...

11 Year old Clayton Dietz is being charged as an adult for cold blooded murder.

He was grounded and lost his Nintendo Switch privileges. He then went to his father's gun safe and shot his adoptive father in the head.

After shooting him he was standing over his father’s body… pic.twitter.com/esFL6Yapts

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