Texas man shot, killed after 3 men tried to steal his truck and break into his home: police

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A Houston man was shot and killed on Sunday morning after three perpetrators attempted to steal his truck before entering 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 attempt to steal his truck while watching video footage from a security camera at his home.

The surveillance cameras were located outside the house near the truck, police said.

After the three men failed to take the truck, they broke into the home 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 break into a truck, then shot a man inside, police said. (FOX 26 Houston)

Once the men were inside, they shot the man multiple times as his wife and children were inside the home 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 the family did not see the man get shot.

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Three men tried 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 she and her husband saw the three men attempt to break inside 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 Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The victim’s stepdaughter told investigators she was not inside the home when the shooting happened, also saying she was not sure why the family was targeted.

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The Houston Police Department did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital on the matter.

Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.

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