Gonzalo Leon Jr. appeared in court on Sept. 3 for a hearing after being charged with murder and accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman. Leon will be held on a $1 million bond, and there is a possibility that he will face more serious charges.

Instead of playing soccer with his friends, 11-year-old Julián Guzman will be laid to rest Saturday – exactly one week after a popular children’s prank ended with a fatal gunshot wound to his back.

Prosecutors said they were weighing more serious charges, including capital murder, which could allow them to seek a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

New details emerged in the investigation of a shooting in Houston over the weekend that killed an 11-year-old boy playing a prank.

The man accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy playing "ding dong ditch" in Texas appeared in court Wednesday.Gonzalo Leon Junior c

The Houston homeowner charged with gunning down an 11-year-old boy over a “ding-dong-ditch” prank is now charged with capital murder as horrifying new details in the case emerge.

There is no way that little boy was posing a threat," Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said of the fatal shooting of Julian Guzman in Houston.

An Army veteran is accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy who was playing “ding dong ditch” with his cousin. His bond is set at $1 million.

A Houston man has been charged after allegedly fatally shooting an 11-year-old boy who rang the man’s doorbell while playing “ding dong ditch,” the game of ringing a stranger's doorbell or knocking on their door and then running away.