Overview
- Court records identify the child as Clayton W. Dietz, charged with criminal homicide, arraigned before Judge Richard Gibney, denied bail, and held pending further proceedings.
- An affidavit says he looked for a Nintendo Switch taken away from him, found a key to a bedroom safe, loaded a revolver, and shot his sleeping father, Douglas Dietz, 42.
- State police recovered a revolver at the home, and records say the boy made statements at the scene acknowledging he shot his father.
- The district attorney says he is being held in juvenile detention, as Pennsylvania requires juveniles 10 and older accused of murder to begin in adult court with possible transfer to juvenile court later.
- Friends have launched an online fundraiser to help the victim’s widow, Jillian Dietz, with funeral and other expenses.