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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTwo FBI agents serving a warrant on a child pornography investigation shot an armed man dead Friday morning outside a southeast Houston home, police said.The agents were part of a team executing the warrant in the 5700 block of Hirondel around 9:55 a.m., according to Houston Police Executive Asst. Chief Troy Finner. Houston police officers were assisting the agents with securing the perimeter of the home, but left the warrant execution to the agents, Finner said.As the agents approached the house, the 24-year-old man walked outside "brandishing" a weapon, Finner said. Agents ordered the man to drop the weapon, but he allegedly refused, Finner said.The two agents opened fire, striking the man. Paramedics pronounced him dead outside the home.No agents or other law enforcement officers were injured, the FBI said in a statement released later Friday.The agents were not wearing body-worn cameras, according to an FBI spokesperson.HPD officers did wear body cameras, and they were activated but did not capture the shooting, said department spokesman John Cannon. He added that HPD officers will not serve a warrant or enter a location while working with a task force that does not wear body cameras.A man who lives nearby, who only identified himself as Bugg, said he heard upwards of 15 shots."I was standing right there," he said, motioning to the corner at the end of the block. "I saw when they pulled up in that truck. All of a sudden, I just heard like 16 shots."The otherwise quiet tree-lined neighborhood has since flooded with Houston police officers and federal agents investigating the shooting."This neighborhood is a good neighborhood," the witness said. "It's not crazy over here. That's why we were (shocked) about what's going on."The dead man's identity was not immediately released.The FBI’s Inspection Division will investigate the shooting, per FBI policy, the agency said.Jay R. Jordan covers breaking news for | Follow him on Twitter at | Email him at

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTwo FBI agents serving a warrant on a child pornography investigation shot an armed man dead Friday morning outside a southeast Houston home, police said.The agents were part of a team executing the warrant in the 5700 block of Hirondel around 9:55 a.m., according to Houston Police Executive Asst. Chief Troy Finner. Houston police officers were assisting the agents with securing the perimeter of the home, but left the warrant execution to the agents, Finner said.As the agents approached the house, the 24-year-old man walked...

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