Daniel Petric killed mother, shot father because they took Halo 3 video game, prosecutors say:
17-year-old Daniel Petric of Ohio is on trial for shooting his parents after his father forbade him from playing Halo 3. His father, Mark Petric, survived but his mother, Susan Petric, die from her wounds.
Petric had snuck out of the house to buy the game when he returned he was caught by his dad who took the game away from him. His father put the game in the same lockbox he kept a 9mm handgun.
A month later Petric was able to break into the box. He took the gun and shot both of his parents. He told them to close their eyes because he had a surprise for them and that’s when he shot them both. He then placed the gun in his dad’s hand and said “Hey Dad, here’s your gun. Take it.”
When Daniel’s older sister arrived at the house with her husband Daniel fled the scene taking the game with him.
He is being tried as an adult.
Now the question is did the game make him like this. After all Halo 3 is a fairly violent game to non-gamers. However, the answer to that question, of course, is no. I’ve posted various stories about teens who have killed their parents and rarely are video games involved. Usually, it’s over a boyfriend or girlfriend or some other teenage addiction that they allegedly couldn’t live without.
Unfortunately, this is another case of a teen who thought that their alleged problems were more important than life itself. I wonder how our teens became so selfish.
