Daniel Petric killed his mother and shot his father over Halo 3

Another tragic and unthinkable story with a relation to a violent video game has just surfaced in the news. The trial for Daniel Petric began December 15, 2008. Over a year ago, on October 20, 2007, when Daniel was 16, he killed his mother and tried to kill his father – all because they didn’t want him playing Halo 3.

Daniel’s parents, New Life Assembly of God minister Mark Petric and his wife Susan (pictured at right), didn’t want Daniel playing Halo 3 and forbade him to buy it. Daniel didn’t listen, and around a month before the attack snuck out and bought the game. His parents found out he bought it on his own, and confiscated the game. Mark then placed Halo 3 in a lockbox, where he also happened to keep the family’s handgun.

Daniel managed to get the key when his father was unaware. He took both the gun and game. He shot his mother in the head, arms and chest and his father in the head. Luckily, his father’s wound wasn’t fatal. Daniel then tried to frame his father, and tried to force his dad to hold the gun so it would look like a murder-suicide…