An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead after he was shot while running from a home after having rung its doorbell, Houston city officials say. The boy had been ringing doorbells and running as part of a game known as “doorbell ditch,” the city said in a statement.
Now tell me that guns are not the problem.
Yeah that’s worth a death penalty for the kid.
Have they arrested the shooter for murder?!
living and dying in TX seems pretty awful these days
Ding dong ditch carries a death sentence these days? So, egging would be what? Slow torture? Burning at the stake? Fucked up time to be young.
Questioned and RELEASED???
Ich denke, wir sollten uns auf die tatsächlichen Probleme konzentrieren, anstatt die Symptome zu bestrafen. Egging ist ein Vergehen, aber ist es wirklich so schlimm, dass es einen Todesurteil verdient?
The ding dong bang
Another MAGA terrorist shooting kids
Excessive use of force should absolutely apply to civilians in cases like this.
“Why don’t kids want to play outside anymore?” Conservatives after making a society increasingly hostile towards children.
Let's clean that up a bit: "A witness stated the child was running from the house, after performing a harmless prank, just prior to being murdered".
“Stand your ground”—against a kid playing doorbell ditch. Texas keeps threatening to leave the U.S. Maybe it’s time we help them pack.
Funny, I was under the impression they were never part of the US.
I can hear all the commentary about ‘fafo’ from tough guy cowards who sit at home surrounded by weapons just waiting for the excuse to go full Bronson on whomever dares to ring their doorbell or touches their grass.
I have a video of some kids that ding dong ditched my house last year that was caught on the ring cam. Saved just so I can watch it once in a while and laugh. I hope this murderer goes to prison where they belong, but I’m not too hopeful.
In TX? They'll be an honoree at next year's 4th of July parade.
sadly, true.
And people wonder why I won't have kids...
This story needs alot of attention
Why would you shoot anyone who is leaving and not a threat.
Let me help you with that headline: "An 11-year-old child was murdered after playing a harmless prank".
😔 It doesn't have to be like this.
"A person was questioned and released" A known murderer got away with it because the kid was the wrong color and it's Texas
This coward is in for a world of shit. Gonna be pretty tough to make a self defence case when a child is shot in the back running away.
Why the f#ck would you shoot someone because they rang your doorbell 🤬? Especially when they’re running away? Their favorite excuse is that they felt threatened 🙄 … by an 11 year old
So now dingdong ditch gets the death penalty. Only in America.
not to get pedantic here but...was the kid running away when he was shot.........in the back? to be fair, i did not read the article
LOL imagine post this reply
ooof, yeah, now that i re-read it, it’s sloppy. what i meant was that if the kid was shot in the back then the shooter wasn’t in danger, why werent they taken in and charged with murder?
This is cold-blooded murder. There's no justification for shooting a child for an innocent prank. The killer has to be charged with murder.
Arrest the parents.
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We have a gun problem.
Guess that will show him Only in USA do you solve all your problems with shooting things
The United States is a death cult.
I've said this before pick any residence in the US & there will be an angry middle aged white dude within a 1K yrds rocking back and forth with @FoxNews on with a firearm sitting across their lap PRAYING for someone to give cause to be Charles Bronson in their heads and blow someone away. #GunCult
Even if the child rang the doorbell multiple times and ran off and came back multiple times, that still doesn’t justify killing an 11 year old kid. Am I wrong?
“ding-dong-ditch” Were you not ever a child? Fucking gun culture.
Fucking fear culture. Trump's got everyone angry and afraid, and basically told them it's ok to shot at anyone if you fear for your safety.
They were children. The kind that kill the neighbor's cat.
Homeowner was not in any danger to use deadly force Just another ignorant under educated Texan
What the fuck
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Guns are the problem
Sounds like a mental health issue...
No, it sounds like an access to guns and bullets without fear of repercussions issue.
I was being sarcastic. Trying to show their talking points don't make sense. We have way too many guns in the US and unnecessarily powerful guns too. I hope we can pass common sense gun reform very soon, but unfortunately we have seen this play out all too often with no change.
In one sense it is a mental health issue, because it’s crazy to think we can’t pass basic common sense guys laws supported by over 70% of Americans. And it’s nuts how much sway the gun lobby has over politicians.
Shithole gun fetish state. Shoot children, no problem, its Texas!
Red States are shitholes
Everything is bigger in TX! Especially the cowards, call this what it is..murder!
Why would you shoot someone (presumably a small running child) that rang your doorbell...
this is a 1st class murder case in Czechia - 18 years plus
Parents, tell your kids that everyone is packing these days.
who are these people answering the doorbell?
