HOUSTON (AP) - The Latest on a man fatally shot as FBI agents raided a Houston home (all times local):
7:15 p.m.
Authorities say a man fatally shot by an FBI agent during an early morning raid on a Houston home was a kidnap victim.
FBI spokeswoman Christina Garza says an agent shot the man during an “operation” at the home shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday. The man, who hasn’t been identified, later died at a hospital.
Police in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston, confirmed the man had been kidnapped and held for ransom.
It’s unclear what led to the gunfire. Two men and one woman are charged with aggravated kidnapping. The men also are charged with aggravated robbery.
Garza says the agent who fired the fatal shot is on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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11:15 a.m.
Authorities say a man was fatally shot as FBI agents conducted an early morning raid on a Houston home.
FBI spokeswoman Christina Garza says an agent shot the man during an “operation” at the home shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday. The man, who hasn’t been identified, later died at a hospital.
Garza would not elaborate on why agents went to the home or the circumstances that precipitated the shooting. It’s not clear if the man was armed at the time.
Houston police assisted at the scene.
A neighbor, Monique McKnight, told reporters that two adults and two children lived at the home and that she was questioned by agents seeking information about the children.
No other information was immediately available.
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