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The homeowner told police the two men said they were police and claimed they were at the home to serve a warrant.

[The homeowner] became suspicious, because, you know, they have a ring camera too, and the suspects were saying they had a warrant, but it was just two people and they're masked up and no police cars, no lights or anything like that," said Lt. Khan with HPD.

At some point, police said the men shot at the homeowner through the door, prompting the homeowner to return fire.

The homeowner was not hurt in the gunfire, but the two men were both hit and pronounced dead at the scene.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago

Circle pattern the door and your bound to hit the bastards. Glad to read the mask is backfiring.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So. Were they cops or not?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 20 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck home invaders. Glad the homeowner had the tools to defend himself!

[–] nul42@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago

In other news two positions for ICE officers just opened up for the Huston area.

[–] icystar@lemmy.cif.su 23 points 3 weeks ago

Nice.

Doesn't surprise me that this sort of this is starting to take off in Houston.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No details on the nationality of the homeowner? I wonder if they are Hispanic. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some MAGA zealots tried to play ICE and it turned out like this.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago

Bandits wear ski masks. Bandit home invaders get blasted.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago
[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Good. Keep your home safe. I'm not big on how guns are handled in the US, but your home is your home, and law enforcement must be clearly identifiable.

[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

iirc there has been precedent set for stand your ground laws even if they where police, if they did not reasonably defend yourself. If they dont provide a warrant, stand your ground.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago

Good start.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I was wondering where this would happen first. TX makes sense. They have more ICE than any other state.

[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shame this doesn't happen more often.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Link redirects to their Youtube channel instead of showing the article?
https://www.youtube.com/@KHOU

[–] Ethanol@pawb.social 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah, I had the same problem. Probably because I'm connecting from Europe.
Here's a link from the Internet archive where you can read the article.

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