The child died on Sunday in a hospital in Houston in the United States, after the night before he was shot during a joke to play the bell and flee.
Houston police confirmed the death of an 11 -year -old boy on Sunday died in a hospital in Houston after being shot while playing a joke of bell and escape the night before
According to the local police department, the boy was with friends, on Saturday night, playing the bells, a joke that consists of touching the bell of a house and Run away before someone comes open the door.
According to a police, a witness saw the boy touch a bell and escape property before being hit by two shots. The agents received a call on the shooting shortly before 23h00 hours.
According to police, the boy, who was injured when the relief team arrived at the scene, was taken to a nearby hospitalwhere he died on Sunday.
Speaking to, the sergeant Michael CassHouston Police Homicide Detective, said a witness remembered someone to leave the house where the game was done and “fired at the children running down the street“.
“Unfortunately, very sadly, one of the 11 -year -old boys was shot on the back,” said Cass.
Following the incident, A man was arrested in the house where the shooting occurred and interrogated by the homicide detectives, but it was released After the interrogation, police said, who said the investigation of the case is still underway.
This is not the first time that a play of playing the doorbell and escaping has been a bad result in the United States, and some have previously culminated in deadly shootings.
In 2023, a Californian identified as Anurag Chandra was considered guilty of murder for having intentionally embarked on the car Of three teenagers who touched their bell, killing them everyone. The three young people were 16 years old.
The murderer confessed at the time that he had drunk 12 beers before the incident, then reported the.
More recently, in May this year, A man was accused of murder in second degree in Virginia after having shot and killed a teenager who had filmed a video of Tiktok of himself to play the bell at the individual’s house, told the time.
The play of playing the bell and escaping, which gives in the United States by the name of “ding dong ditch“It has become a popular theme for social networks-and has helped fill US courts with homicide cases.
