{"id":2480897,"date":"2025-08-31T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/men-posing-as-cops-open-fire-through-the-front-door-but-the-homeowners-were-a-better-shot\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T11:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:31:42","slug":"men-posing-as-cops-open-fire-through-the-front-door-but-the-homeowners-were-a-better-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/men-posing-as-cops-open-fire-through-the-front-door-but-the-homeowners-were-a-better-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Posing as Cops Open Fire Through the Front Door, But the Homeowners Were a Better Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmen-posing-as-cops-open-fire-through-the-front-door-but-the-homeowners-were-a-better-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2480897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two men impersonating police officers attempted to forcibly enter a home in Houston, Texas, around 11 p.m. on August 23. Wearing ski masks, bulletproof vests, adn fake badges, they claimed to be serving a warrant. The homeowners, suspicious due to the lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">police cars<\/a> and proper identification, were alerted by their security camera.After the impostors began shooting through the door, the homeowners returned fire, killing both men. no residents were injured during the incident. Houston police highlighted that real officers typically arrive with marked vehicles and do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Sp... of COVID\">wear masks<\/a>. The event underscores the dangers of police impersonation, a problem also seen recently in California, where a man was arrested for posing as a motorcycle cop. Authorities advise citizens to verify law enforcement identity by calling 911 if suspicious.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two police impersonators died after trying to invade a home in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 11:00 p.m. on Aug. 23, when the men claiming to be police knocked on a homeowner&rsquo;s door, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/homeowner-shoots-kills-suspects-allegedly-impersonating-officers-serving-warrant-hpd-says\/17624729\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTRK-TV<\/a> in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing ski masks and bulletproof vests, the men said they were there to serve a warrant. They also wore badges around their necks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thankfully the owners are okay. They 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-ice-agents-wearing-masks-hide-misbehavior-jerry-nadler-claimed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they&rsquo;re masked up<\/a> and no police cars, no lights or anything like that,&rdquo; Lt. Amber Khan of the Houston Police Department recounted.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, the intruders started shooting through the door.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The homeowners returned fire &mdash; also through the door &mdash; killing both of the impersonators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADbcDcS06No?si=BS85wL5DovRtai5n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A neighbor heard about 22 gunshots exchanged, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/men-impersonating-police-shot-bellnole-drive\/285-931f39d1-2f01-4654-b56a-cc11abaaaf72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU-TV<\/a> in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>None of the residents inside the home were harmed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thankfully, no one else is hurt,&rdquo; Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators spent nearly 12 hours at the scene before leaving, according to KHOU.<\/p>\n<p>HPD Detective Kyle Stringer said there are simple ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >distinguish real law enforcement officers<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brazen-impostors-hit-trumps-doral-golf-club-broad-daylight-make-off-huge-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impostors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously, a police car with some sort of lights and sirens and a bullhorn where we&rsquo;ll be announcing ourselves,&rdquo; Stringer told KHOU.<\/p>\n<p>Police don&rsquo;t wear ski masks, either, Stringer added.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s not always so easy to identify a fake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Hemet Police Department has released an unedited image of Marshal Goodnight, a man suspected of impersonating a police officer and conducting illegal traffic stops. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YhCe55wXUe\">https:\/\/t.co\/YhCe55wXUe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vn9nYv9st4\">pic.twitter.com\/Vn9nYv9st4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KTLA (@KTLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTLA\/status\/1948191410252833238?\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In July, a man was arrested in Hemet, California, for pretending to be a motorcycle cop, according to a Hemet Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/hemetpd.com\/fake-motor-officer-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police pulled over Marshal Goodnight, whose uniform and bike resembled those of an officer&rsquo;s, after they noticed him flashing his emergency lights.<\/p>\n<p>He had also committed &ldquo;multiple vehicle code violations,&rdquo; according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Upon investigation, police discovered he was a felon.<\/p>\n<p>He wore a utility belt, carried a Glock-style pistol, and had other tools an officer might carry: a baton, a canister of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-satisfying-pepper-spray-video-ever-see-charged-cops-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OC spray<\/a>, and two tasers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you believe you are being pulled over by someone who may be impersonating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officer<\/a>, please call 9-1-1, and inform the dispatcher of your location, vehicle description, and concerns. 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