India, Sept. 1 -- An 11-year-old boy from Texas died Sunday night, August 31, after a game of "ding, dong, ditch" turned deadly. The child was shot and killed on Racine Street in Houston while playing the doorbell prank with a group of friends around 11 pm. He had knocked on a door and was running away, the Houston Police Department said in a statement.

"HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting call at the above address and learned a male was shot and had been transported to an area hospital. Doctors pronounced him deceased today (Aug. 31)," HPD Homicide Division Sergeant M. Cass and Detective J. Brown reported.

"Officers were told the male was ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away. A witness stated the male was run...