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Man charged in shooting death of 11-year-old boy playing ‘ding-dong ditch’ prank
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KWXX – Hilo, HI
Authorities have filed murder charges against a man accused of fatally shooting an 11-year-old boy who had been ringing doorbells with friends as part of a prank.
Police said a group of children were playing “ding-dong ditch,” a game where kids knock on doors and run away, when someone stepped outside and began firing at them as they scattered.
The victim and at least two of his friends had been going around their neighborhood banging on or kicking doors and running away.
Michael Cass with the Houston Police Department’s homicide division said that “officers were told the male was ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away.
A witness stated the male was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound.
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