{"id":87037,"date":"2026-01-15T00:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87037\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:47:19","slug":"11-year-old-boy-charged-with-shooting-killing-father-in-pennsylvania-reports-say-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87037\/","title":{"rendered":"11-year-old boy charged with shooting, killing father in Pennsylvania, reports say \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">DUNCANNON, Pa. \u2014 An 11-year-old boy is charged with shooting and killing his father in Pennsylvania, reports say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Citing court records, NBC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/pennsylvania-clayton-dietz-11-shot-killed-father-douglas-perry-co\/69998062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/pennsylvania-clayton-dietz-11-shot-killed-father-douglas-perry-co\/69998062\">WGAL reports<\/a> that police were called to a home in Duncannon, Perry County, on Tuesday morning for an \u201cunresponsive male.\u201d There, police found 42-year-old Douglas Dietz dead from a gunshot wound to the head, records say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police identified 11-year-old Clayton Dietz as the suspect and said the shooting happened the night of his birthday, WGAL reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to court records, Douglas and his wife were in bed when the shooting happened. Douglas\u2019 wife was woken up by a loud noise and the smell of something like fireworks. Clayton then walked into the room and said, \u201cDaddy\u2019s dead,\u201d WGAL reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Clayton told investigators that he got mad when his dad told him to go to bed. When asked what happened, Clayton told police, \u201cI shot somebody,\u201d and that he\u2019d intended to shoot his father, WGAL reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Douglas\u2019 wife told police there was a gun safe in the bedoom but she didn\u2019t know where the key was kept, WGAL reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to records, Clayton said he found the key in his father\u2019s drawer and unlocked the safe in an attempt to find a gaming device. Clayton admitted to taking out the gun, loading it, walking to his father\u2019s bed and firing the gun at him, WGAL reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">State police say Clayton was taken into custody and charged with criminal homicide, WGAL reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Clayton is being held in the Perry County Prison and is awaiting a hearing on Jan. 22, WGAL reports. 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