HOUSTON — A family birthday party ended in tragedy over the weekend after a boy was shot and killed while playing ding-dong ditch with other kids.

The name of the 11-year-old victim hasn't been released, and the homeowner accused of shooting him hasn't been charged.

The kids were ringing doorbells around 11 p.m. on Saturday, August 30, and then running away, according to the Houston Police Department.

“A witness says someone ran out of that house and was shooting at the kids running down the street, and unfortunately, sadly enough, one of the boys, who was 11 years old, was shot in the back,” HPD Homicide Detective Sgt. Michael Cass said.

Folks who live in the east Houston neighborhood where it happened are still shaken.

“What harm could they have done? Playing with a doorbell? T

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