Teens' viral prank targeting homeowners could have deadly consequences, police warn

Kansas authorities are issuing a informing to some parents and homeowners regarding a "dangerous caller TikTok trend" successful which teenagers passim the state are putting their lives astatine hazard for the involvement of societal media fame.  

According to the Merriam Police Department, residents successful the country person reported respective instances of teens rushing up to the beforehand of their homes and kicking the doors to look arsenic though idiosyncratic is breaking in, arsenic portion of the "door footwear challenge."  

"We’ve received aggregate reports astir a reckless TikTok situation called ‘The Door Kick Challenge,’" the section said successful a Facebook post. "This inclination encourages pounding and kicking connected doors to mimic a location invasion."

Since past weekend, 4 radical successful the section Georgetown flat analyzable person made reports of teens partaking successful the challenge, FOX 4 reported.

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Home surveillance video shared by the Merriam Police Department shows the infinitesimal 2 teens tin beryllium seen approaching the beforehand doorway of a home. (Merriam Police Department/Facebook)

"They’re videotaping themselves going and attempting to footwear unfastened residential doors, presumably arsenic a prank oregon to scare the homeowners," Sgt. Kristin Jasinski said, according to the outlet.

Ring doorbell camera video released by the section shows a brace of teens approaching the beforehand of a home, with 1 idiosyncratic kicking the doorway portion different stands with their cellphone retired – presumably filming the act. 

"I cognize it tin look funny," Jasinski said, FOX 4 reported. "However, radical bash instrumentality things earnestly similar that if they’re not alert of these things happening, oregon they’re unsure what your intentions are. We would hatred for determination to beryllium real-life consequences."

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In the video, the idiosyncratic runs to the beforehand doorway of the location and kicks it, mimicking a location invasion, earlier some teens tally off. (Merriam Police Department/Facebook)

The inclination is concerning instrumentality enforcement officials, who accidental the teens hazard transgression charges – specified arsenic vandalism and trespassing – oregon homeowners whitethorn usage unit to enactment successful self-defense. 

In summation to the video, the constabulary section shared images from a abstracted incidental successful which a radical of suspected teens broke the framework of a resident’s entryway. 

"There’s dangers connected some sides of the door. Obviously, we privation to support the homeowners safe, arsenic good arsenic the radical that are participating successful these pranks," Jasinski said.

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In a abstracted incident, a radical of teens allegedly broke the framework of a homeowner’s beforehand doorway portion participating successful the viral "door footwear challenge," according to the Merriam Police Department. (Merriam Police Department/Facebook)

"Our biggest interest is that idiosyncratic would beryllium injured successful the people of reasoning that this was a existent location invasion."

Bradley Cooper, a nonmigratory of Shawnee astatine Westbrooke Glen Apartment Homes, told FOX 4 a brace of teens besides struck his friend's doorway successful the complex. 

"The different time he’s like, ‘I virtually had my headset on, but I saw the doorway and could perceive it done what I was playing, conscionable consecutive move, conscionable boom,’" Cooper said.

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The person reportedly chased the teens down and yet caught up with 1 – who apologized. 

"If idiosyncratic had a weapon they could sprout done the door," Cooper said. "Stop, it’s not fun, you’re going to get yourself astir apt killed."

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However, authorities are urging homeowners to telephone the constabulary if they judge they person fallen unfortunate to the alleged "prank." 

"Don’t prosecute these people," Jasinski said. "There’s nary mode for america to cognize successful existent time, until we interact with them and fig retired what’s happening, oregon what’s really going on. We don’t privation to enactment you oregon the radical progressive astatine greater risk, engaging successful immoderate benignant of pursuit. So, conscionable enactment successful the house, telephone police, fto america bash our job."

The Merriam Police Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.