The tragic incident occurred on Saturday night, when a group of children played in the so -called “Doorbell Ditch”. The 11-year-old boy was shot when escaping from the door of a random house. Despite the quick intervention of the services, the doctors failed to save his life – the boy died on Sunday morning.
A police spokesman in Houston Shay Awosiyan said that the officers received a report about shots just before midnight. No person was detained until Sunday evening.
The fun known as “Doorbell Ditch” or “Ding Dong Ditch” was considered a harmless joke among children and young people for years. However, in recent years there are more and more dangerous situations related to this fun. In the United States, where access to firearms is wide, some house owners react to unexpected bells with high nervousness, fearing potential threats such as burglary.
In 2023 in California, the court sentenced a man to kill three teenagers who called his door and fled. In May this year, in Virginia, the man heard the allegation of a second degree murder after he was deadly shot an eighteen -year -old recording a film on the thicket.
