Overview

• The shooting occurred just after 11 p.m. Saturday on the 9700-block of Mimbrough in Houston’s Clinton Park neighborhood.
• Police say someone exited a house and opened fire on kids playing a door‑knocking prank, hitting a 10-year-old who was hospitalized in critical condition.
• Lt. Amber Khan said the child suffered “a couple” of gunshot wounds and was transported by the Houston Fire Department.
• Officers used a bullhorn to call out the suspected shooter, who surrendered and was detained; before dawn, officers were seen returning a person to the home.
• No charges have been filed as the investigation continues, and the incident follows recent warnings tied to the prank’s TikTok resurgence and related shootings in Texas and Virginia.