An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at a hospital on Sunday after Houston city officials say he was shot while running from a home after ringing 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.

Officers responding to the shooting on the 9700 block of Racine Street released a person who had been detained for questioning, the city of Houston said.

The shooting was reported about an hour before midnight, and the boy was rushed to a hospital, where medical staff on Sunday declared him dead, the city said.

NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston ind

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