() Charges have been filed in connection with the shooting of an 11-year-old boy who was killed after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away.

The 42-year-old suspect, whose name has not yet been released, was arrested Tuesday morning and has been charged with murder, according to court records obtained by .

The suspect was expected in court Tuesday morning.

The Houston Police Department said the boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank around 10:55 p.m. local time Saturday. Commonly referred to as “ding dong ditching,” the prank involves fleeing before someone inside the home opens the door.

The boy, who has not yet been identified, was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead Sunday, police said.

Similar pranks have turned deadly in the past. In 2023, a Southern California man was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder for killing three teenage boys by intentionally ramming their car after they rang his doorbell as a prank.

And in May, a Virginia man was charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old who had rung his doorbell while filming a TikTok video of the prank, the New York Times reported.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.