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2 men impersonating officers fatally shot by Texas homeowners after firing shots through door

The suspects, wearing body armor, badges and ski masks, said they were serving a warrant before they shot through the door

By Mitchell Willetts
The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.

HOUSTON — Two men impersonating police officers were shot and killed while exchanging gunfire with homeowners, Texas police say.

The fake cops showed up to the door of a home on Houston’s southeast side at about 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, the police department told KTRK.

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They were in body armor and had badges around their necks, but were wearing ski masks to cover their faces — and they said they were serving a warrant, police told the station.

The homeowners could see the men through a doorbell camera, police said, and didn’t trust them, KPRC reported.

“It’s just two people, and they’re masked up, and no police cars, no lights or anything like that. So, they immediately became suspicious,” police told the outlet.

The homeowners wouldn’t let them in, police say, and the men started shooting through the door, KHOU reported. The homeowners fired back, killing them both, according to police.

Nobody else was hurt, police told the station.

Investigators haven’t publicly identified the men, but said they are believed to be in their 20s, the station reported.

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