A man has been charged in the deadly shooting of a boy who was struck in the back by gunfire while playing "ding dong ditch" Saturday night in Houston, Texas, authorities said.

Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, is charged with murder and currently jailed in Harris County, which includes the east Houston neighborhood where the shooting took place, according to the Houston Police Department . Police said a SWAT team took Leon into custody on Tuesday.

In addition to confirming Leon's arrest, Houston police identified the boy in a news release as 11-year-old Julian Guzman.

Earlier, police had said the boy suffered a gunshot wound late Saturday while carrying out a "ding dong ditch" prank, where a prankster rings the doorbell of a home and runs away before anyone comes to answer it, with a group

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