HOUSTON – The suspect accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman last month has been indicted for murder.

Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, was indicted by a Harris County grand jury on a first-degree murder charge, according to his defense attorneys.

Leon is accused of shooting Guzman in the back after the boy played a “ding-dong ditch” prank at a home in the 9700 block of Mimbrough in Houston’s Eastside on the night of Aug. 30.

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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare had said he believed Leon’s charge should be for capital murder, but the grand jury returned an indictment for a first-degree murder charge instead.

It’s not clear if prosecutors presented a capital murder case as grand jur

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