Texas man charged after 11-year-old boy shot dead while playing doorbell prank

Leon Gonzalo Jr, 42, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Houston shooting

A 42-year-old man in Texas has been charged with murder after the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy who was playing a doorbell prank in Houston on Saturday night, authorities said.

The shooting occurred at around 11pm on Saturday, according to Houston authorities, when the boy and his friends were in their neighborhood reportedly playing a game of ding dong ditch" - an old childhood prank involving ringing a doorbell and running away.