A Houston man was shot and killed Sunday morning after three perpetrators tried to steal his truck before breaking into his home, according to police.
FOX 26 in Houston reported that Det. David Hicks of the Houston Police Department’s homicide division said the man, who has not been identified, saw three masked men try to steal his truck while he watched video footage from a security camera at his home. .
Surveillance cameras were located outside the home, near the truck, police said.
After the three men failed to take the truck, they broke into the house and turned off the lights, investigators said.
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Three men broke into a Houston home on Castle Creek Drive after failing to get into a truck and then shot a man inside, police said. (FOX 26 Houston)
Once the men were inside, they shot him several times while his wife and children were inside the house with him.
Officers responded to the shooting on Castle Creek Drive, where they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds inside his home.
Hicks told the station that the family did not see the man get shot.
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Three men attempted to steal a pickup truck on Castle Creek Drive in Houston before breaking into the home and shooting, killing a man inside, according to police. (FOX 26 Houston)
The man’s wife told detectives that she and her husband saw the three men try to break into the truck.
She told investigators they found the man dead after hearing gunshots.
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Houston police said the man was shot to death inside his home after three men tried to break into his truck. (Mayra Beltrán/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
The victim’s stepdaughter told investigators she was not inside the home when the shooting occurred and also said she was not sure why the family was targeted.
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The Houston Police Department did not immediately respond to questions from Fox News Digital about the matter.