HOUSTON — Charges have been filed in connection with the deadly shooting of an 11-year-old boy who was playing ding-dong ditch at a family birthday party, according to Houston police.

The suspect in the case, Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, has been charged with murder.

Leon was taken into custody on Tuesday morning by members of HPD’s Special Weapons and Tactics Detail and Criminal Apprehension Team and booked into the Harris County Jail.

The victim has been identified as Julian Guzman , 11. Doctors pronounced him dead on Aug. 31 after he was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. His family started a GoFundMe account to raise money in the wake of the tragedy.

What happened

The shooting unfolded around 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, on Racine Street near Mimbrough and Fidelit

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