The boy, identified by police Tuesday as Julian Guzman, had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday, according to Houston police.

A man in the Houston area is in jail on a $1 million bond after allegedly shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy who rang his doorbell as part of a prank.

The shooting erupted around 11 p.m. on Saturday in a southeast Houston neighborhood when the victim, 11-year-old Julian Guzman, and his cousin banged on his door as part of a prank known as "ding don...