High school athlete shot dead after TikTok door-knock prank goes wrong at Virginia home: police

A Virginia homeowner allegedly shot and killed a three-sport high school athlete after the teenager and two pals banged on the shooter’s door while playing “ding dong ditch” early Saturday, authorities said. Tyler Chase Butler, 27, was charged Tuesday with killing 18-year-old high school senior Michael Bosworth Jr. and injuring one of his friends during what police initially reported was an attempted burglary on a residential block in Fredericksburg around 3 a.m., the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. Butler claimed to detectives that a trio of teens were trying to break into his house, but the wounded teenager insisted they...