An Army veteran accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy who played “ding-dong ditch” at his front door made a chilling decision after as the boy was pleading for help and crying out in pain.

Gonzalo Leon, 42, was charged with the murder of 11-year-old Julian Guzman in east Houston.

His bond was recently set at $1 million at the request of prosecutors. “When you have a case as tragic as this one and quite frankly as brutal, and you have an 11-year-old shot in the back and murdered, I think it’s an appropriate bond,” said District Attorney Sean Teare outside the courtroom.

The shooting happened at 11 p.m. on Aug. 30.

Court documents cited by local news outlets say that Guzman, his cousin, and some other friends were at a relative’s house attending a birthday party that night, got bored,

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