{"id":13,"date":"2026-05-06T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:07:13","slug":"harris-county-burglary-suspect-shot-killed-by-homeowner-constable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"Harris County burglary suspect shot, killed by homeowner: constable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>An investigation is underway after Harris County authorities say a burglary suspect was shot and killed by a homeowner near Klein.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=11\">River Oaks couple killed in suspected murder-suicide identified as Traveler\u2019s Table owners<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Burglary suspect shot by homeowner\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Constable Mark Herman reports deputies were called early Wednesday morning to a home on Spring Creek Oaks Court in the Spring Creek Oaks neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>A homeowner reported the suspect entered their home through the backdoor and the homeowner fired shots during the incident.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The suspect left the home and was found by deputies in the bayou area behind the home with a gunshot wound, Constable Herman said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=8\">Galveston man gets life for arson murder of woman over her son\u2019s unpaid drug debt<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>EMS was called to the scene, but the suspect was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the homeowner was detained as the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>It has not been confirmed if anyone else was at the home at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1\">Hello world!<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is underway after Harris County authorities say a suspect was shot and killed by a homeowner near Klein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-harris-county","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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