11-year-old boy fatally shot in Houston after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell-ringing prank, police say

Police said on Sunday, a 11 -year -old child stolen a door bell of a house and fled after a joke in Houston, he said he was shot deadly.

Houston Police Department said in a statement that the child stole the doorbells as a joke late on Saturday evening. The joke, which is commonly called “Ding Dong Hendek ,, involves escaping without opening the door of someone in the house.

Police said the child who has not yet been identified died of wounds.

Police spokesman Shay Awosiyan said that the officers were still investigating and that he had not arrested anyone in connection with the child’s death as of Sunday evening.

Other “Ding Dong Hendek” jokes turned deadly in the past. In 2023, a man of Southern California was sentenced to first -degree murder three times. Kill three young children After playing the doorbell as a joke, intentionally hitting his cars.

And in May, a Virginia man was accused of second -degree murder to let a fatal child with Prank’s Tiktok video of Prank’s Tiktok video. reported.

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