HOUSTON — Police have charged a Houston man with murder in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy who rang the doorbell of a home and ran away as a prank, police said Tuesday.

Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, was taken into custody and booked into the Harris County Jail in Houston early Tuesday morning.

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Court records did not list an attorney for the man to comment on the allegations.

The boy, identified by police Tuesday as Julian Guzman, had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday, according to Houston police. Commonly referred to as “ding dong ditching,” the prank involves fleeing before someone inside the home opens the door.

The boy died of his wounds Sunday, police said.

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