11-year-old shot dead after ringing doorbell and running from Houston home, officials say

An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday after, Houston city officials say, he was shot while he was running from a home after having rung its doorbell Saturday night. The boy had been ringing doorbells in the area and running as part of a game known as “doorbell ditch,” the city said in a statement. “A witness stated the male was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound,” it said.