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Daniel Petric, now 17, fatally shot his mother and severely wounded his father last October after they took away his copy of Halo 3 from him. Petric allegedly snuck out of his house last October, purchased the game and was caught by his parents after returning home. His father, Mark, placed the game in a lockbox tucked away in the parents' closet. A 9mm hand gun was also locked away in the box at the time.
Mark Petric said that over the course of a year he visited his son in jail. During this time, his son apologized to him saying, "Dad, I'm so sorry for what I did to Mom, to you and to the family. I'm so glad you are alive."
While on the stand, Mark testified that Daniel and his mother always had a very close relationship. Daniel's lawyers said that at the time of the shootings, Daniel was under a great deal of stress brought on by a recent staph infection.
Daniel was homebound for a year with the infection and was able to do nothing outside of watching TV and playing video games.
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Mark Petric, who is a minister at New Life Assembly of God in Wellington, testified that before the shooting on Oct. 20, 2007, his then-16-year-old son came into the room with a question:
"Would you guys close your eyes," Daniel Petric asked. "I have a surprise for you."
Mark Petric said he expected a pleasant surprise. The next thing he knew, his head went numb. He had been shot in the head.
Susan Petric, 43, died of gunshot wound to the head.
He said the next thing he remembers is his son shoving the gun in his hand and saying, "Hey Dad, here's your gun. Take it."
Mark Petric broke down on the witness stand as he explained how he survived the shooting. His daughter and her husband came to the house to watch an Indians game. He heard his son telling them they couldn't come in.
"You can't come in," Mark Petric recalled his son saying. "You guys shouldn't come in. Mom and Dad had a big argument."
Mark Petric said all he could do was make a guttural yell for help.
"Would you guys close your eyes," Daniel Petric asked. "I have a surprise for you."
Mark Petric said he expected a pleasant surprise. The next thing he knew, his head went numb. He had been shot in the head.
Susan Petric, 43, died of gunshot wound to the head.
He said the next thing he remembers is his son shoving the gun in his hand and saying, "Hey Dad, here's your gun. Take it."
Mark Petric broke down on the witness stand as he explained how he survived the shooting. His daughter and her husband came to the house to watch an Indians game. He heard his son telling them they couldn't come in.
"You can't come in," Mark Petric recalled his son saying. "You guys shouldn't come in. Mom and Dad had a big argument."
Mark Petric said all he could do was make a guttural yell for help.
Mark Petric said that over the course of a year he visited his son in jail. During this time, his son apologized to him saying, "Dad, I'm so sorry for what I did to Mom, to you and to the family. I'm so glad you are alive."
While on the stand, Mark testified that Daniel and his mother always had a very close relationship. Daniel's lawyers said that at the time of the shootings, Daniel was under a great deal of stress brought on by a recent staph infection.
Daniel was homebound for a year with the infection and was able to do nothing outside of watching TV and playing video games.
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I read a book called children who kill, it had like 14 cases where children had killed people. Of course TV/media/computer games were blamed while some of them didn't even have a TV. The one thing they all did have in common however was that their parents were abusing them in different ways.... 
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