“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.
HOUSTON — An investigation is underway after two men wearing ski masks and claiming to be police were shot and killed at a home in southeast Houston Friday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
HPD said this happened around 11 p.m. at a home on Bellnole Drive, which is off Ahrens Street near Galveston Road.
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.
KHOU 11’s Michelle Choi spoke with a neighbor, who said they heard a total of 22 gunshots.
The homeowner was not hurt in the gunfire, but the two men were both hit and pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the two men were wearing bulletproof vests and had some sort of badge around their necks.
“Thankfully, no one else is hurt,” Lt. Khan said.
Investigators spend nearly 12 hours combing through evidence before leaving the home. They believe the men were in their 20s.
If you have any information about what happened, you’re asked to contact HPD or Crime Stoppers.
Police said if you’re ever unsure whether it is really the police outside your door, there are some signs to look for.
“Obviously, a police car with some sort of lights and sirens and a bullhorn where we’ll be announcing ourselves,” HPD Detective Kyle Stringer told Choi.
Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks.
Watch the update HPD gave at the scene:
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