Houston police said one suspect died and another remained at large after an attempted home burglary.
HOUSTON, TX — A burglary call in the Alief area turned into a death investigation Friday after an armed neighbor and his brother chased two suspected burglars and one suspect was shot, Houston police said.
Investigators said the case began with two burglary calls at the same southwest Houston home and ended across several nearby streets. No arrests had been made as police continued to sort out who fired the fatal shot, how many people were involved and where the surviving suspect went.
The first call came in around 7 a.m. Friday in the 11000 block of Bandlon Drive, according to the Houston Police Department. Officers were told about a burglary, but investigators said the suspects left before police arrived. Hours later, after 1 p.m., police received a second burglary call involving the same house. This time, investigators said, the homeowner saw people burglarizing the house through security cameras and contacted a neighbor nearby. HPD Lt. Larry Crowson said the neighbor got his brother, and the two men went to confront the suspected burglars.
Police said the confrontation moved away from the home after the suspects ran down the street. The neighbor and his brother followed them in a vehicle, investigators said. A second confrontation then happened down the street, where one of the two men shot one of the suspects. Police said the wounded suspect was able to jump a fence but died at the scene. Investigators did not release his name, age or hometown. They also did not say whether the neighbor or the brother fired the shot, or whether the person who fired had given a formal statement to detectives.
The investigation stretched across more than one location in the neighborhood. The original burglary scene was on Bandlon Drive. Police also investigated a nearby scene on High Star Drive. A gray sedan was seen crashed into a wooden fence along Cinnabar Drive as detectives worked the case. HPD homicide detectives were called because the burglary report led to a fatal shooting. The department had not said whether the crashed vehicle belonged to the suspects, the homeowner, the neighbor or another person. Police also had not said whether a weapon was recovered from the dead suspect or from the second suspect.
The case remained in an early stage after the shooting. Investigators were expected to review the homeowner’s security camera video, examine the locations where the chase and confrontation happened, and interview the homeowner, the neighbor, the brother and any witnesses in the area. Police said another suspect was still on the run. The department had not released a description of that person, including name, age, clothing or vehicle information. It was also unclear whether prosecutors had been asked to review the shooting for possible charges.
The shooting took place in Alief, a large southwest Houston community with residential streets, apartment complexes, schools and small businesses spread across several major roads. The burglary call brought police to a neighborhood where residents first saw officers at Bandlon Drive, then later saw detectives working additional nearby scenes. Images from the area showed the gray sedan pushed into a fence while investigators marked off parts of the neighborhood. Police did not report injuries to the homeowner, the neighbor or the neighbor’s brother.
HPD said the investigation was ongoing and no arrests had been announced. The next major step will be identifying the dead suspect, locating the second suspect and determining whether the shooting will be referred for criminal charges.
Author note: Last updated June 24, 2026.