Last month we reported that a boy shot his parents because they took video games away. This morning the Associated Press is reporting that the judge has convicted this Ohio teenager who shot and killed his mother and wounded his clergyman father over a video game dispute.
In September 2007, Daniel Petric, then 16, had sneaked out of his bedroom window to purchase the game at a store against his father's orders. When he returned home, his parents caught him with the game and took it from him. About a month later, Daniel used his father's key to open the lockbox and remove the gun and the game. After shooting his parents, the troubled boy tried to frame his father by placing the gun in his hand.
Despite his lawyer's claim that a supposed addiction to Halo 3 turned Daniel Petric into a killer, the judge has found the 17-year-old guilty in the 2007 slaying of his mother and wounding of his father. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge said that video game addiction was not a defense. The judge also noted that there was evidence of premeditation on Petric's part.
Now Petric faces maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.
Relevant story:
Boy Shot Parents Because They Took Video Games Away
