Kidnapping victim shot to death by FBI agent in Houston, sources say

Shooting happened during raid of NE Houston home

By Lea Wilson - Digital News Editor
Posted: 7:05 AM, January 25, 2018
Updated: 1:09 PM, January 25, 2018

HOUSTON - A kidnapping victim was shot to death Thursday during an FBI investigation at a northeast Houston home, sources told KPRC-TV.

Investigators said FBI agents were conducting an operation at a home in the 7300 block of Elbert Street when the victim was shot.

Sources said the man was taken from Montgomery County on Wednesday.

The victim was pronounced dead at LBJ Hospital.

Christina Garza, public affairs officer for the Houston FBI office, said several people were inside the home, including two children, at the time of the shooting. No one else was injured.

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FBI agent fatally shot kidnap victim during raid in Houston, authorities say

Associated Press
Fri 26 Jan 2018 16.50 GMT

An FBI agent fatally shot the victim of a kidnapping during a raid early Thursday at a Houston home, authorities said.

FBI spokeswoman Christina Garza said the agent shot the man shortly before 4am during an “operation” at the home. The man, whose name was not immediately released, died later at a hospital.

Police in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston, confirmed the man had been kidnapped and held for ransom.

“The system failed. Whether it was accidental or not, the man is not going home to his family,” Conroe police chief Philip Dupuis said.

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