"Halo 3 Killer" Sentenced to 23 Years

In October of 2007 Daniel Petric shot and killed his mother and wounded his father after they took away his Halo 3 video game. He had purchased the game despite his parents forbidding it.

The story is like something out of a horror movie. After they took away his game, he asked them to close their eyes so he could give them "a surprise". His "surprise" was gun blasts from a 9mm handgun.

His mother died on the spot, his father managed to survive. Petric was tried as an adult, but was sentenced to 23 to life instead of the maximum life sentence his prosecutors were asking for.