The homeowner told police the two men said they were police and claimed they were at the home to serve a warrant.

“[The homeowner] became suspicious, because, you know, they have a ring camera too, and the suspects were saying they had a warrant, but it was just two people and they’re masked up and no police cars, no lights or anything like that,” said Lt. Khan with HPD.

  • N0t_5ure@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The homeowner was not hurt in the gunfire, but the two men were both hit and pronounced dead at the scene.

    Police said the two men were wearing bulletproof vests and had some sort of badge around their necks.

    Those bulletproof vests don’t seem to have been of much use…

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      4 days ago

      They generally aren’t against rifle fire. Don’t know what the man used, but an AR-15 round is tiny, basically .22 caliber, and fast, 3,400FPS or so. 12-gauge shotshell will knock the living shit out of someone, even if armored. And so will a Colt .45. :)

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      A bullet proof vest is more of a bullet resistant vest if it doesn’t have strike plates, and even then common rifles can penetrate at close range.