A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder for the shooting of an 11-year-old boy who police say was killed while playing “ding dong ditch” in Houston on Saturday.

Leon Gonzalo Jr. was booked into jail on Tuesday morning and charged with one count of murder, according to police .

Police said the victim, identified as Julian Guzman, and his friends were playing a game of “ding dong ditch,” in which they have someone ring people’s doorbells and then run away before they can answer the door.

“Officers were told Guzman was ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away. A witness stated Guzman was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound,” Houston Police Department homicide division Sgt. Michael Cass reported .

Cass told

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