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Gun Battle Breaks Out Between Family, Intruders

1 Invader Dies, Another Injured During Attempted Invasion

POSTED: Monday, June 27, 2005

One man died and another was hospitalized after a family caught several men invading their northeast Houston home Monday morning, police told Local 2.

Lakewood and Jensen drives, northeast Houston
Lakewood and Jensen drives, northeast Houston

Police said four men tried to break into the home on Lakewood and Jensen drives when the homeowner and his family arrived at about 1:30 a.m.

Investigators said a gun battle broke out between the family and the group of intruders.

Authorities said the intruders fled to a home on Willie and Terrell, where one of the men died from a gunshot wound. Another man was transported to Ben Taub Hospital. His condition was not released.

The remaining two intruders have not been found.

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