HOUSTON - An 11-year-old boy was shot and killed while playing ding-dong-ditch over the weekend, according to Houston police.

The deadly game

What we know:

Police say preliminary information suggests on August 30, the boy rang the doorbell of a house on Melborough Street in east Houston, ran, and someone in that house came outside and began shooting, hitting the boy in the back.

The victim died at the hospital on August 31.

No arrest

The backstory:

Houston police detained a person on Saturday night for questioning, then released them. The next day, HPD's homicide unit detained the possible shooter for questioning and later released him. It's not clear if the same suspect was detained twice or if two separate people were questioned, but there is currently no suspect in custody for

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