A recent front-page story in the Orlando Sentinel looked at teenagers in Florida held at gunpoint and even shot dead after staging ring-and-run pranks — where they ring a doorbell at night and then ...

A beloved childhood prank turned fatal in Texas over the weekend when an 11 year old boy was gunned down while playing the harmless game. The youngster, whose name has not been released, was ...

OVERLAND PARK, Mo. (KCTV) - A prank children have been playing on unsuspecting neighbors can now have deadly consequences. This comes after a Texas man allegedly shot and killed a child playing a ...

India, Sept. 1 -- An 11-year-old boy was shot dead in Houston city of the US, when he was trying to run away while playing a doorbell ditch prank, media reports said on Monday. The incident reportedly ...

A young person approaches a home, rings the doorbell (maybe knocks too) and runs. It's a centuries-old prank that at its best is a harmless annoyance for victims. You may know it by its playful names: ...