A man has been charged with the murder of a young Texas boy who died after playing a door-knocking prank on his neighbor.

Leon Gonzalo Jr. was charged with murder Tuesday morning, court records reviewed by Daily Mail reveal. He is scheduled to appear in court later Tuesday.

Gonzalo, 42, resides at the same Houston home where an 11-year-old boy was shot dead Saturday night while playing ding-dong-ditch with his friends.

The game involves knocking on someone's door or ringing their doorbell and then disappearing before they open the door.

At some point during the children's prank, however, a neighbor came out of one of the homes and started shooting at the children as they ran away.

The boy was struck in the back and transported to a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He was then pronounced dead on Sunday afternoon.

Houston police homicide Sgt. Michael Cass has said the shooting does not appear to be self-defense because it 'wasn't close to the house'.

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Police in Houston said the the unidentified 11-year-old was playing ding-dong-ditch with his friends at 11pm on Saturday when the incident happened