A ten-year-old Texas boy was shot and critically injured when he allegedly tried a door-knocking prank on a neighbor, police stated.
The capturing unfolded round 10:55 p.m. on Saturday at a house on Membrough Avenue in southeast Houston, Shay Awosiyan, a spokesman for the Houston Police Division, informed ABC Information on Sunday.
“A ten-year-old was apparently knocking on neighbors’ doorways and operating away when somebody apparently fired photographs,” Awosiyan stated.
Awosiyan stated one individual was detained on the scene of the capturing and was being questioned, however no prices have been filed.
A ten-year-old boy was shot and critically injured in Houston, Texas, August 30, 2025, after allegedly banging on a neighbor’s door in what police consider was a part of a trending social media prank often known as the “Door Kicking Problem,” authorities stated.
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The injured little one, who was out committing the prank with mates, was handled on the scene by the Houston Hearth Division and brought to a close-by hospital, the place he was in vital situation on Sunday afternoon, Awosiyan stated.
The investigation continued on Sunday, however police launched no extra particulars.
The prank allegedly dedicated in Houston is just like what’s being dubbed the “Door Kicking Problem,” a nationwide development primarily based on an previous prank known as “Ding Dong Ditch,” by which teams of children file movies of themselves kicking and banging on doorways of houses and residences earlier than operating away after which posting the movies on social media platforms corresponding to TikTok.
In July, a 58-year-old Texas house owner was arrested and charged with aggravated assault when he allegedly fired a number of rounds at a automobile fleeing his residence in Frisco after somebody banged on the entrance door, based on a press release from the Frisco Police Division.
The driving force of the automotive that was shot at round 10:50 p.m. on July 28 and two passengers contacted police to file a grievance, displaying officers three bullet holes within the automobile, based on police.
“Nonetheless, throughout subsequent interviews, all admitted to ding, dong, ditching in a random neighborhood once they had been confronted by a male with a firearm,” the Frisco police stated in a assertion.
In June, police in Chandler, Arizona, launched video footage of a gaggle of juveniles committing the “Door Kicking Problem,” alleging the group pulled the prank on the identical residence at the very least 18 occasions, prompting the house owner to maneuver out.
“Let’s be clear: These ‘pranks’ can have critical penalties and result in prices corresponding to prison harm, disorderly conduct, or harassment,” the Chandler Police Division stated in a message to oldsters locally. “Mother and father — please take a second to speak together with your youngsters. Know the place they’re, who they’re with, and what they’re doing.”
Police in Fort Price, Texas, posted an analogous group message in Could after receiving greater than 20 complaints of younger folks committing the “Door Kicking Problem.”
“It may be mistaken as an tried break-in, probably prompting harmful or defensive responses from owners…,’ the Fort Price Police Division stated in a press release. “What might look like a prank can lead to very actual hassle and/or hazard.”
