11-Year-Old Boy Killed in Prank Gone Wrong
an 11-year-old boy in Houston was fatally shot after playing a prank known as “ding dong ditch,” where he rang a doorbell and ran away. The incident occured late Saturday evening, and the boy died from his wounds the following day.Police are still investigating, with no arrests made so far. The article also notes that similar pranks have previously resulted in deadly outcomes,including a 2023 case in Southern California where a man was convicted of murdering three teenagers after a doorbell prank,and a recent incident in Virginia where a man was charged with second-degree murder after shooting an 18-year-old during a TikTok video prank.
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday evening, the Houston Police Department said in a statement.
Commonly referred to as “ding dong ditching,” the prank involves fleeing before someone inside the home opens the door.
The boy, who has not yet been identified, died of his wounds Sunday, police said.
Police spokesperson Shay Awosiyan said that officers were still investigating and had not arrested anybody in connection with the boy’s death as of Sunday evening.
Other “ding dong ditch” pranks have turned deadly in the past.
In 2023, a Southern California man was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder for killing three teenage boys by intentionally ramming their car after they rang his doorbell as a prank.
And in May, a Virginia man was charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old who had rung his doorbell while a filming a TikTok video of the prank, the New York Times reported.
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