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A Pennsylvania community is struggling to process a devastating family tragedy after an 11-year-old boy was charged with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of his adoptive father, an incident that has raised difficult questions about juvenile accountability, behavioral health failures and firearm access in the home.
Authorities say 42-year-old Douglas Dietz was shot and killed inside his home on South Market Street in Duncannon Borough during the early morning hours of Jan. 13.
Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to the residence shortly after 3:20 a.m. and found Dietz unresponsive in the bedroom he shared with his wife, Jillian. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.
Court documents identify the suspect as the couple’s adopted son, Clayton Dietz, who had celebrated his 11th birthday just hours earlier.
Investigators say tensions escalated after the child was told to go to bed and became upset over a Nintendo Switch gaming console that had previously been taken away.
According to police reports, the parents’ bedroom was connected to the child’s room through a shared closet. Jillian Dietz told investigators she awoke to a loud noise and noticed a strong odor similar to fireworks.
When she turned on the lights, she discovered blood on the bed and realized her husband had been shot…
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