Overview
- Police responded around 3:20 a.m. on Jan. 13 to the family's Duncannon home and found Douglas Dietz, 42, dead from a gunshot to the head.
- The boy has been charged with criminal homicide, was denied bail, and is being held in custody pending a Jan. 22 preliminary hearing.
- An affidavit states the child found a key to the safe, unlocked it, loaded the revolver, and fired at his father's bedside.
- Authorities and the mother reported the boy said "I shot somebody" and "I killed Daddy" after the shooting.
- Documents note injuries on the child during questioning, including a contusion above his left eye and a cut on his lower lip, and records indicate the couple adopted him in 2018.