A witness said the child was hit in the back as he and others fled the property.
An 11-year-old boy died after he was shot late Saturday while participating in a doorbell-prank game commonly called «ding-dong-ditch» in an east Houston neighborhood.
Houston police said they were investigating the shooting and had detained, but not arrested, a person in connection with the case.Why It Matters
Young people playing the long-standing prank of ringing a doorbell then fleeing has become more popular thanks to TikTok, where users share videos of their efforts, and has increasingly led to violent confrontations. In 2023, a Southern California man was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder for ramming a car and killing three teens after they rang his doorbell.
In May, a Virginia man was charged with second degree murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old filming the prank for TikTok, The New York Times reported.
