Ding dong ditch shooter waited for the kids to return

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/ding-dong-ditch-shooting-suspect-waited-children-return-charges-be-upgraded


Waiting in the dark
What they're saying:
Authorities say Gonzalo Leon Jr. was waiting by his home in the dark late Saturday night when 11-year-old Jullian Guzman and his cousin knocked on his door for the last time. The kids had knocked on the door multiple times, running away each time, and in their final attempt, investigators allege Leon opened fire, striking Guzman in the back as he ran.

Records say Guzman's cousin recalls seeing Leon come out from a gate by the house and step out to the street before he began shooting. They say Leon shot once at the ground before firing another shot at the boys.

"This was someone brutally murdering an 11-year-old simply because they were mad," said Teare. "We have a little boy who didn’t even have a chance to get his life going yet, struck down for nothing."

Guzman and his cousin ran about a block away before Guzman collapsed, according to records. They say his cousin tried to drag him to safety, but Guzman later died at the hospital.

Records say investigators recovered more than 20 firearms from Leon’s home, including rifles, long guns and handguns. Teare says they believe a medium-caliber handgun was used in the shooting.

[LeftInTX]

1. Why didn't he just come out of his house and yell at them or heck even brandish a firearm?

He could have called the cops on them, but I doubt if the cops would have shown up.

However, they probably would have gone elsewhere if he intimidated them.

[Kaleva]

3. Brandishing is illegal in many states

And one shouldn’t have a gun in hand unless you intend to shoot someone .

[LeftInTX]

15. Well, no one would have died. Wouldn't yelling be an option?

[Kaleva]

21. Yelling often works!

[DenaliDemocrat]

5. They reach you in CCW class

There is no “brandishing” or “warning shots” per the law. The assumption is if you draw your weapon - you intend to use it. If you fire it - you intend to kill.

[Mysterian]

30. Yes, but brandishing would have been much preferable to killing the kid

I think that was the point.

[marble falls]

26. We had an inground pool at our house in Akron (pretty rare thing in those days). And kids would sometimes jump the ...

... on the days the public pool was closed or after hours. One evening my dad jumped out the back door with a wall hanger shotgun and a lit cherry bomb and we never ever had to chase them out again.

[SarcasticSatyr]

2. He had 20 firearms in his house . . . .

this was a murder just waiting to happen.

[Skittles]

4. seems like really, really stupid pranks with so many gun humping cowards around

seriously

[ms liberty]

6. So it was premeditated. He was lying in wait. And he knew they were just ding dong ditchers

Since it had already happened multiple times earlier in the evening.
Cold blooded, first degree murder. He had time to think about it.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. Worse..he laid eyes on them before he fired the gun..knew they were very young

[yardwork]

27. And he wasn't frightened.

He wasn't afraid to wait in the dark for them to return.

[ms liberty]

33. An important point.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. You're okay with killing someone for ringing a doorbell and running away?

[rampartd]

12. i am not ok with children running unsupervised.

they can get hurt that way.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Then call the police.

Killing someone for ringing your doorbell and running away doesn't seem prudent or legal, does it?

[marble falls]

14. Shooting the kids makes up for poor supervision? The death penalty for being kids?

[Heidi]

16. How about women who wear revealing clothing?

Are you also opposed to that for safety reasons?

[marble falls]

22. GOOD QUESTION!

[niyad]

28. They should not be MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD for it. How utterly

abominable, and disappointing.

[Heidi]

29. Well? How about an answer?

It’s rude to come in here and plonk a victim-blaming turd into the punch bowl.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20606863

ETA: #WDNC

[niyad]

31. Any defense of this monster, any attempt to in any way justify or excuse

his cold-blooded, premediated murder of a child, is not something I would have ever thought that I would see on DU. It is, needless to say, highly disappointing.

[marble falls]

11. Cause nothing says justice like shooting a retreating kid in the back from an ambush? ...

... 20 plus firearms, but no Ring, no automatic lights?

[Aristus]

9. He gave an eleven year-old kid the death penalty.

This is Texas, so he will likely get it in return. I’m sure his defense lawyer will try to pack the jury with gunfucks.

[pimpbot]

17. dude needs to be locked up

Unfortunately those kids FAFO'd. I'm assuming this is some type of social media prank thing? Social media will be seen as one of the major contributors to the downfall of society as we know it.

As a kid, I played pranks on my friends and other kids we knew. If you messed up and did it to the wrong kid, you got your butt beat. We never messed around with random people's stuff, definitely not adults. I also wasn't running around at night unless it was in our yard or a friend's yard.

Even now as an adult I evaluate my potential interactions with strangers because half of them have a screw loose and some percentage of that group is also packing heat.

[pinkstarburst]

19. This right here. Some of the dumb things we all did as kids

are no longer safe in 2025. Running around at 11:00 at night banging and kicking on doors of random people you don't know in the dark is a really bad idea and parents need to be having these serious conversations with kids--that just because you see it on TikTok doesn't mean it's a funny prank you should go out and try. You never know who is going to be on the other side of that door, like a guy with 20 guns and you bang and kick his door one too many times late at night, and he's going to snap and you could end up dead.

Tragic.

[MagickMuffin]

32. This is not new, we did this as children no internet

No social media. Hell we didn’t even have cable tv and channel surfing was very limited.

So, no, social media has nothing to do with ding dong ditching. However, I would never attempt that today if I was a kid. Just reading NextDoor tells one a lot about their neighbors. A lot of comments about just seeing a stranger (to them) walking down the street and mentioning that they’ll grab their guns. I got banned from there because I didn’t reveal my true identity. I can’t even view anything there but I’m almost certain nothing there has changed.

There is another name that is extremely racist name for ding dong ditching, which here in Texas is an acceptable phrase to use.

[niyad]

34. I never did anything like that, did not tp or egg houses, make stupid

phone calls. .or any of the other pranks so many apparently pulled. Not virtuous, just studious.

[sakabatou]

18. If he was waiting, that's premeditated murder.

[JI7]

20. A lot of gun people want a chance to use it

[Heidi]

23. And too many will find that chance, sadly.

This includes police.

[marble falls]

25. "including police", and how.

[marble falls]

24. Why I no longer own handguns. I would make a terrible mistake, allowing things to escalate knowing I had an equalizer.