"I just want everyone to know its not a trend here, but you see a lot of it on social media," law enforcement said.

A simple doorbell-ringing prank turned deadly again. A look back finds controversy has followed the prank for centuries.

A man has been charged with murder in the shooting of a Houston boy who police said was playing a door-knocking prank on a ...

A Houston, Texas man was charged with murder after allegedly killing an 11-year-old who played a "ding-dong ditch" prank. Officials in Houston said 42-year-old Gonzalo Leon Jr. was charged with murder ...

A man was taken into custody after he fired shots at a group of teenagers attempting the "ding, dong, ditching" TikTok challenge outside his residence in northern Texas. Damon Wolfe, 58, of Frisco was ...

Frisco Police are warning all parents and teenagers after a social media prank nearly ended in tragedy. Aptly called the “Ding-Dong Door Challenge” (or a variation of the name), the TikTok prank of ...

(CNN) — A Houston man is accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy after a “ding dong ditch” shooting Saturday – the latest example of a trend that has left children dead. Leon Gonzalo Jr., 42, was ...

Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, has been charged with the murder of an 11-year-old after the boy knocked on his door and ran away.

An 11-year-old boy died in a Houston hospital Sunday after he was shot while carrying out a "ding-dong ditch" prank the previous night, police said. The boy hasn't been identified. The Houston Police ...

A young person approaches a home, rings the doorbell (maybe knocks too) and runs. It's a centuries-old prank that at its best is a harmless annoyance for victims. You may know it by its playful names: ...