{"id":219747,"date":"2025-09-02T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=219747"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:30:07","slug":"ding-dong-ditch-turns-deadly-for-11-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ding-dong-ditch-turns-deadly-for-11-year-old-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ding-Dong Ditch&#8217; Turns Deadly for 11-Year-Old Boy, 42-Year-Old Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A late-night doorbell prank in southeast Houston ended in tragedy. Police say a 42-year-old man opened fire on kids running from his house, killing an 11-year-old boy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, identified as Leon Gonzalo Jr., now faces a murder charge per <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/man-charged-murder-houston-ding-dong-ditch-shooting\/story?id=125177715\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ding-dong-ditch-turns-deadly-for-11-year-old-boy\" title=\"'Ding-Dong Ditch' Turns Deadly for 11-Year-Old Boy, 42-Year-Old Charged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>ABC News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boy dies after being shot in door-knocking prank gone wrong\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Q22YHPNXVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators say the shooting happened around 10:55 p.m. Saturday after a group of kids banged on doors and ran\u2014a \u201cding-dong-ditch\u201d prank trending on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A witness reported a man ran into the street and fired as the children fled. The boy, shot in the back, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-cz-shadow-2-carry-review\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/cz-shadow-2-carry-full-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ding-dong-ditch-turns-deadly-for-11-year-old-boy\" title=\"'Ding-Dong Ditch' Turns Deadly for 11-Year-Old Boy, 42-Year-Old Charged\">CZ Shadow 2 Carry Review<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said the evidence does not point to self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Harris County records, Gonzalo was arrested and booked Tuesday morning on one count of murder and taken to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/plan-to-decarcerate-la-county-jails-withdrawn-after-facing-widespread-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ding-dong-ditch-turns-deadly-for-11-year-old-boy\" title=\"'Ding-Dong Ditch' Turns Deadly for 11-Year-Old Boy, 42-Year-Old Charged\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84\">county jail<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police previously detained and questioned a person after the shooting; the arrest followed the child\u2019s death the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-gun-control-wants-to-train-gun-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ding-dong-ditch-turns-deadly-for-11-year-old-boy\" title=\"'Ding-Dong Ditch' Turns Deadly for 11-Year-Old Boy, 42-Year-Old Charged\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83\">gun owners<\/a>, this is a hard, sobering reminder: threat assessment comes first. 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