"According to police, an 11-year-old boy rang the doorbell of a Houston home late Saturday night before running away. He was shot shortly after, police said. The boy, who a witness said had been ringing doorbells and running away at other homes in the area, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead on Sunday, police said in a news release. Police on Tuesday identified the boy as Julian Guzman."
"Ding-dong ditching, a prank children have pulled for generations, has become popular fodder for videos on TikTok, where users record themselves in the act. In May, a Virginia teenager was shot and killed while recording a ding-dong ditch prank alongside two friends. Authorities charged a man with second-degree murder, malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony in that case."
A 42-year-old Houston man, Leon Gonzalo Jr., was arrested and charged with murder after an 11-year-old, Julian Guzman, was fatally shot following a ding-dong ditch prank. The boy reportedly rang a doorbell late Saturday and ran away; he was shot shortly after and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Details remain unclear, including whether Gonzalo lived at a home targeted during the prank. Officials filed a complaint and the murder charge on Monday. Police had questioned and released another person earlier. Similar deadly incidents tied to ding-dong ditch pranks have been reported and shared on TikTok.
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