Overview
- Investigators say the child retrieved a handgun from his father's bedside safe, loaded it, and shot him in the head.
- The victim was identified as 42-year-old Douglas Dietz, found dead around 3:20 a.m. on Jan. 13 in the family’s Duncannon home.
- Police reports indicate the boy told his mother, “I killed dad,” shortly after the shooting.
- A sworn affidavit attributes the immediate motive to the father taking away the child’s Nintendo Switch earlier that night.
- Court records name the suspect as Clayton Dietz, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter, denied bail, and held at the Perry County jail with a preliminary hearing set for Jan. 22.