11-year-old Fatally Shot After Ringing Doorbell And Running From Houston Home, Officials Say

An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dormant astatine a infirmary connected Sunday aft Houston metropolis officials opportunity he was changeable while moving from a location aft ringing its doorbell Saturday night.

The boy had been ringing doorbells successful nan area and moving arsenic portion of a crippled known arsenic “doorbell ditch,” nan metropolis said successful a statement.

“A witnesser stated nan antheral was moving from a house, aft ringing nan doorbell, conscionable anterior to suffering a gunshot wound,” it said.

Officers responding to nan shooting connected nan 9700 artifact of Racine Street released a personification who had been detained for questioning, nan metropolis of Houston said.

The shooting was reported astir an hr earlier midnight, and nan boy was rushed to a hospital, wherever aesculapian unit connected Sunday declared him dead, nan metropolis said.

NBC connection KPRC of Houston indicated much than 1 kid was playing nan crippled and that nan shooting unfortunate was initially hospitalized successful captious condition.

"We shouldn't person guns astir kids, period. Because a slug doesn't person a name," neighbour Theresa Jones told nan station.

In spring, an 18-year-old man successful Virginia was fatally changeable arsenic he and different teens participated successful ding-dong ditch pranks being recorded for TikTok videos, nan Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said successful May. The homeowner, who was arrested, said he believed a break-in was underway astatine his residence.

In California, a 45-year-old man who ran down a group of ding-dong ditch pranksters arsenic some were successful vehicles, sidesplitting 3 teenagers, was sentenced successful 2023 to life successful prison.

The investigation into nan Houston shooting was ongoing, nan metropolis said.