11-year-old accused in adoptive dad’s birthday night killing over video game now faces adult trial: docs

An 11-year-old lad accused of fatally shooting his begetter wrong their Pennsylvania location made his archetypal tribunal quality Thursday, astir a period aft the deadly incident.

Clayton Dietz, 11, is charged arsenic an big with transgression homicide successful transportation with the Jan. 13 shooting decease of his adoptive father, 42-year-old Douglas Dietz. The shooting happened successful the family’s Duncannon location connected the child’s birthday.

According to a Perry County transgression docket, Dietz waived his preliminary proceeding connected Feb. 19 and the lawsuit was marked "waived for court," meaning it volition proceed to the Court of Common Pleas.

The docket shows bail was denied connected Jan. 13 and that Dietz remains confined astatine Perry County Prison.

Local outlet WHP reported that Dietz arrived astatine the Perry County Courthouse successful New Bloomfield conscionable aft noon for his scheduled 1:30 p.m. preliminary hearing. He was handcuffed and surrounded by probation officers arsenic helium entered the courtroom, the outlet noted.

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The Perry County Courthouse successful New Bloomfield, Pa., wherever 11-year-old Clayton Dietz waived his preliminary proceeding successful the fatal shooting lawsuit involving his father. (Google Maps)

Family members declined to remark pursuing the proceeding, WHP reported. However, defence lawyer Dave Wilson said helium plans to question a transportation of the lawsuit to juvenile court.

"My extremity is going to beryllium to effort to get him into juvenile court," Wilson said, according to the outlet.

Court records cited by WHP outline what investigators accidental led up to the shooting.

Authorities were called to the location soon aft 3 a.m. connected Jan. 13, wherever Douglas Dietz was recovered lying connected his backmost with an evident gunshot coiled to the head, according to the affidavit referenced by the outlet.

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Jillian Dietz, Douglas’ woman and Clayton’s mother, told investigators she and her hubby had gone to furniture soon aft midnight aft singing "Happy Birthday" to Clayton. A large sound woke her from sleep, and aft attempting to aftermath her husband, she realized helium was unresponsive and discovered humor connected the bed, according to tribunal documents cited by WHP.

When Clayton entered the room, Jillian yelled words to the effect of "Daddy’s dead," the outlet reported. The lad allegedly ran downstairs shouting, "My dad’s dead."

While speaking with Jillian and Clayton successful the kitchen, a authorities trooper reported proceeding Clayton say, "I killed Daddy," according to the outlet.

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A changeable from supra of a young man's hands holding a neon-colored Nintendo Switch video crippled strategy developed and released by Nintendo Co., Ltd. successful 2017.  (iStock)

Investigators allege Clayton told authorities helium had been searching for his Nintendo Switch, which had antecedently been taken distant from him, erstwhile helium recovered the keys to a weapon safe. Believing the gaming console mightiness beryllium inside, helium opened the harmless and retrieved a revolver, WHP reported.

During questioning, Clayton allegedly said helium became upset aft being told to spell to bed. When asked what helium thought would hap erstwhile helium fired the gun, helium reportedly said helium was aggravated and did not see the consequences, according to the outlet.

Court records cited by WHP authorities Clayton admitted that "he had idiosyncratic successful caput who helium was going to shoot," and that helium loaded the revolver, pulled backmost the hammer and changeable his begetter portion helium was sleeping.

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Authorities besides noted Clayton had a "large contusion" supra his near oculus and a tiny laceration connected his little lip, the outlet reported.

In a quality merchandise issued the time of the shooting, the Perry County District Attorney’s Office said Pennsylvania State Police responded to the location astatine astir 3 a.m. for a study of a antheral with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, troopers recovered Douglas Dietz deceased from an evident gunshot wound.

Clayton remains charged arsenic an big with transgression homicide. Further proceedings are expected arsenic the defence seeks to determination the lawsuit to juvenile court.

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The probe remains ongoing.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Dietz' lawyer for comment. 

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].