By Muri Assunção, New York Daily News (TNS)

A Houston man was arrested on a murder charge after an 11-year-old boy was killed during a “ding-dong-ditch prank ” over the weekend, online court records show.

Leon Gonzalo Jr., 42, was booked into the Harris County Jail early Tuesday. He was detained for questioning on Sunday , a day after a boy was fatally shot while allegedly knocking on a door and fleeing.

The boy, who lived in the neighborhood, was part of a group playing the prank that has seen a resurgence on TikTok and linked to injuries and deaths in recent years —including an 18-year-old who was fatally shot in Virginia in May.

The group was “ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away,” Houston police said in a news release.

On Saturday, just before 11 p.m., the g

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