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: ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in ...

A little after 10 p.m. on a recent October night, a group of kids ran up to the doorbell of a West Boca Raton home and made to flee, one of a series of “ding-dong ditch” pranks they said they were ...

Ding-dong-ditch, the ring-and-run doorbell prank, is no joke and can escalate quickly with deadly consequences as it has in some parts of the country. Additionally, it's likely the juveniles ...

An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday. The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday ...

Houston, TX (AP) – An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday. The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank ...