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11-year-old fatally shot after ringing doorbell and running from Houston home, officials say.
This is terrible. However, the little boy shouldn't' have been going around ringing people's doorbells. I know that it just things that kids do when they are young, but you never know how somebody might act to your shenanigans. R.I.P. to the little boy.
Aug. 31, 2025, 6:30 PM PDT
By Dennis Romero
An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday after, Houston city officials say, he was shot while he was running from a home after having rung its doorbell Saturday night.
The boy had been ringing doorbells in the area and running as part of a game known as “doorbell ditch,” the city said in a statement.
“A witness stated the male was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound,” it said.
Officers responding to the shooting on the 9700 block of Racine Street released a person who had been detained for questioning, the city said.
The shooting was reported about an hour before midnight, and the boy was rushed to a hospital, where medical staff members declared him dead Sunday, the city said.
NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston indicated that more than one child was playing the game and that the shooting victim was initially hospitalized in critical condition.
Aug. 31, 2025, 6:30 PM PDT
By Dennis Romero
An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday after, Houston city officials say, he was shot while he was running from a home after having rung its doorbell Saturday night.
The boy had been ringing doorbells in the area and running as part of a game known as “doorbell ditch,” the city said in a statement.
“A witness stated the male was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound,” it said.
Officers responding to the shooting on the 9700 block of Racine Street released a person who had been detained for questioning, the city said.
The shooting was reported about an hour before midnight, and the boy was rushed to a hospital, where medical staff members declared him dead Sunday, the city said.
NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston indicated that more than one child was playing the game and that the shooting victim was initially hospitalized in critical condition.