Boy, 11, Fatally Shot After Doorbell Prank in Houston
I still can’t shake the image of an 11-year-old running down a quiet Houston street, laughing after ringing a doorbell, only to be struck by gunfire. It happened on a Saturday in East Houston, where the boy and some friends were playing a common prank called “ding-dong ditch”—ringing a doorbell and running away.
According to the Houston Police Department, a middle-aged man fired multiple shots, hitting the boy in the back. Witnesses described the chaos: the children fleeing, the sound of gunshots, and neighbors rushing out in shock.
Authorities have arrested the man and recovered several weapons from his home, though the identities of both the victim and the shooter haven’t been publicly released…