An 11-year-old has died after he was shot while playing a doorbell ditch prank in Houston, police said, the latest tragic example of a TikTok trend authorities have been warning parents about in a ...

A judge in Virginia sent the so-called ding-dong-ditch shooting case to a grand jury Wednesday after new evidence was presented in court. Tyler Chase Butler is charged with second-degree murder for ...

Editor’s note (Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4 p.m. ET) The homeowner was arrested on a murder charge, the sheriff’s office said in an update Tuesday. Go here for updates. An 18-year-old high school senior ...

The doorbell prank has been reported across the nation over the past several years, sometimes with deadly outcomes.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia man appeared in court Wednesday for shooting and killing a teenager playing a ding-dong ditch game while he was running away. Tyler Chase Butler, 27, faces charges of ...

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 ...