A man in Houston has been charged in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy after a prank in which the boy rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, CNN reported Tuesday morning.

Editor’s note (Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4 p.m. ET) The homeowner was arrested on a murder charge, the sheriff’s office said in an update Tuesday. Go here for updates. An 18-year-old Virginia high school ...

The boy’s death is the latest linked to the “ding-dong ditch” prank, which has regained popularity through short-form videos on social media platforms such as TikTok, US News, Times Now ...

Editor’s note (Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4 p.m. ET) The homeowner was arrested on a murder charge, the sheriff’s office said in an update Tuesday. Go here for updates. An 18-year-old Virginia high school ...

Editor’s note (Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4 p.m. ET) The homeowner was arrested on a murder charge, the sheriff’s office said in an update Tuesday. Go here for updates. An 18-year-old high school senior ...

Brown, 34, has been charged with the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22, on the Lynx Blue Line light rail near the Camden Road area in ...

Michael Cass, a homicide detective with the Houston Police Department, told KHOU, noting the boy’s death does not appear to involve ... “What might seem like a prank can lead to serious legal trouble, ...

An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot while playing a doorbell ditch prank in Houston on Saturday night, police said.