Author Topic: Breaking - Houston Police Department responding to report of several officers shot (Read 23064 times)

DCPatriot · « **Reply #50 on:** January 29, 2019, 09:46:16 pm »

Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on January 29, 2019, 09:36:40 pm

I will choose to first believe the police to begin with, rather than the other way around.

Did you happen to read the article which indicated that one person opened fire with a .357 mag on one cop while the other tried to get the shotgun from him?
Think that was also a setup, I suppose.

First thing I read was..."undercover officer".

IOW, not in uniform or SWAT gear.

He entered the house with a pumped shotgun intending to put that barking pit-bull down. I'll bet he never yelled "POLICE"! "GET DOWN"!

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #51 on:** January 29, 2019, 09:50:19 pm »

Quote from: DCPatriot on January 29, 2019, 09:46:16 pm

First thing I read was..."undercover officer".

IOW, not in uniform or SWAT gear.

He entered the house with a pumped shotgun intending to put that barking pit-bull down. I'll bet he never yelled "POLICE"! "GET DOWN"!

Right. Not readily identifiable as police, if undercover, a crew who would blend in on the streets.
Which may have appeared to the (now deceased) suspects as a home invasion.
No big drug bust, no pile of cash (AKA "drug money"), no dealer quantities.
That raises some questions.

240B · « **Reply #52 on:** January 29, 2019, 09:53:51 pm »

Quote from: The Ghost on January 29, 2019, 09:20:22 pm

I'm starting to get a feeling things were not what we are told they were....

The woman that was shot was unarmed. She had no weapon and never fired a shot. She reacted to the officer who shot her dog by grabbing at him. That's what got her shot. She was shot because she was pissed some unknown person entered her home and shot her dog. The guy then, seeing his dog and his woman shot dead, began defending his home. And he was killed.

The story is that they were serving a warrant. But really? You couldn't just stake out the house, wait for them to go somewhere and pull the car over? I question whether this whole "Call of Duty" scenario was necessary at all. Especially since there were only two people in the home and no heroin was found.

Were the homeowners given a free chance to simply walk out and come in peacefully? Sounds like they were not. Also, they were killed over a suspicion. They were suspected of dealing heroin. We don't even know if they would have been convicted.

Very very, bad intelligence on the part of the Cops. If they deployed a dozen or more Cops to serve this warrant, they must have been expecting a house full of people. But no. There was one unarmed woman sleeping on the couch. And the guy was in the back doing whatever he was doing. This was hardly a crack house or even a drug house by far. The Cops obviously had no idea at all what was happening in that house. They must have not been watching the house at all. This thing smells bad to me.

Sanguine · « **Reply #53 on:** January 29, 2019, 10:01:10 pm »

I'm not a fan of Art Acevedo, but I'm going to hold my fire until we know more.

240B · « **Reply #54 on:** January 29, 2019, 10:07:21 pm »

The woman grabbed for the shotgun because she was unarmed and some guy just shot her dog. If some guy burst into your home with a shotgun and fired, any one of us would have grabbed for it. Because you know damn well that you are next.

The .357 came after the fact, after the Police had already opened fire.

Bigun · « **Reply #55 on:** January 29, 2019, 10:11:53 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on January 29, 2019, 10:01:10 pm

I'm not a fan of Art Acevedo, but I'm going to hold my fire until we know more.

I can't stand the POS but will follow your lead none the less. I will say, however, that Art Acheveto has proven himself to be much more an activist than a police chief!

Fishrrman · « **Reply #56 on:** January 29, 2019, 10:59:14 pm »

As this story unfolds, some things just "don't seem right".

The dead couple in the house had no prior arrests.
No drugs were found inside the house.

Some info in this thread:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3723879/posts
(yes, I know where it's from, if you don't wish to "dirty yourself" by going there, don't. But there are some interesting posts...)

txradioguy · « **Reply #57 on:** January 30, 2019, 10:35:06 am »

Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on January 29, 2019, 09:36:40 pm

I will choose to first believe the police to begin with, rather than the other way around.

I'm with you on this.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #58 on:** January 30, 2019, 10:47:05 am »

Quote from: txradioguy on January 30, 2019, 10:35:06 am

I'm with you on this.

While that is my first instinct, it would not be the first time that some CI got a few bucks for a fix and the police got bad intel. Plainclothes undercover guys (dressed to blend with the riff-raff) might take on the appearance of a home invasion.

Break down the door, shoot the dog, and it's on. Especially in a stand your ground/castle doctrine State.

If the police did not identify themselves, what could have been a relatively tame bust for some grass and whatever the powder was, turned into a blood bath, quite possibly unnecessarily.

No priors? Lived there 20 years and stayed off the radar?

A little grass, some powder? no cash stash, no heroin, no marketable quantities, no paraphernalia? Two dead and five wounded? Doesn't make sense--not that life always does.

Something doesn't set right, from the accounts given. YMMV

txradioguy · « **Reply #59 on:** January 30, 2019, 11:07:30 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 30, 2019, 10:47:05 am

While that is my first instinct, it would not be the first time that some CI got a few bucks for a fix and the police got bad intel. Plainclothes undercover guys (dressed to blend with the riff-raff) might take on the appearance of a home invasion.

Break down the door, shoot the dog, and it's on. Especially in a stand your ground/castle doctrine State.

If the police did not identify themselves, what could have been a relatively tame bust for some grass and whatever the powder was, turned into a blood bath, quite possibly unnecessarily.

No priors? Lived there 20 years and stayed off the radar?

A little grass, some powder? no cash stash, no heroin, no marketable quantities, no paraphernalia? Two dead and five wounded? Doesn't make sense--not that life always does.

Something doesn't set right, from the accounts given. YMMV

I get what you're saying...and we won't know exactly what all was found in there for a few days.

Weed and guns make it a felony...if the powder turns our to be something like Meth or Fentanyl that just makes it worse.

I know that in the SOP for some police departments...if they are doing a raid like this...depending on the type of dog the SOP is to shoot it if it comes at you. Drug dealers are known for using Pitbulls...Rotweilers and other large breed dogs to guard their drug houses.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #60 on:** January 30, 2019, 11:22:45 am »

Quote from: txradioguy on January 30, 2019, 11:07:30 am

I get what you're saying...and we won't know exactly what all was found in there for a few days.

Weed and guns make it a felony...if the powder turns our to be something like Meth or Fentanyl that just makes it worse.

I know that in the SOP for some police departments...if they are doing a raid like this...depending on the type of dog the SOP is to shoot it if it comes at you. Drug dealers are known for using Pitbulls...Rotweilers and other large breed dogs to guard their drug houses.

I get what you are saying, too.

But white powder can come off a donut, lots of people who don't even do drugs have pit bulls and rotties (to guard their stuff, and be the family pet). That should have been tested on the spot, and could have been (you see the little kits on Live PD and other police shows all the time--you'd think someone on a drug raid would have one.)

It sounds like the house didn't have anywhere near the traffic you would associate with a drug house--usually lots of people who come and go at all hours. (Druggies don't run a normal clock.)

If it was a 'bad' shoot would the PD guys plant a baggie? I don't know. I'd hope not, but it won't bring back the suspects anyway.

There may be background on these folks, social media stuff, etc. that we just don't see, that may have justified the tactics.
I don't know--and if people are in CYA mode, we may never know.

IsailedawayfromFR · « **Reply #61 on:** January 30, 2019, 01:18:59 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 30, 2019, 10:47:05 am

While that is my first instinct, it would not be the first time that some CI got a few bucks for a fix and the police got bad intel. Plainclothes undercover guys (dressed to blend with the riff-raff) might take on the appearance of a home invasion.

Break down the door, shoot the dog, and it's on. Especially in a stand your ground/castle doctrine State.

If the police did not identify themselves, what could have been a relatively tame bust for some grass and whatever the powder was, turned into a blood bath, quite possibly unnecessarily.

No priors? Lived there 20 years and stayed off the radar?

A little grass, some powder? no cash stash, no heroin, no marketable quantities, no paraphernalia? Two dead and five wounded? Doesn't make sense--not that life always does.

Something doesn't set right, from the accounts given. YMMV

The article makes it clear that Undercover police had bought heroin from that location.

I would not say that is 'staying off the radar'.

Wingnut · « **Reply #62 on:** January 30, 2019, 04:55:16 pm »

Cops would never make shit up to boost arrest figures.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/11-people-freed-jail-after-florida-deputy-allegedly-falsified-narcotics-n964586

Elderberry · « **Reply #63 on:** February 01, 2019, 08:56:03 pm »

Police identify powder recovered in deadly drug raid

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/houston/article/Powder-found-in-police-raid-identified-13578839.php

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Three days after the botched drug raid that left two residents dead and five officers wounded, authorities identified the unknown powder they found at the scene of the bloody bust.

The Thursday news conference revealed that the powder was cocaine, perhaps answering one of the nagging questions raised after the Pecan Park raid targeting a pair of alleged heroin dealers.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #64 on:** February 02, 2019, 12:26:38 am »

Quote from: Elderberry on February 01, 2019, 08:56:03 pm

Police identify powder recovered in deadly drug raid

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/houston/article/Powder-found-in-police-raid-identified-13578839.php

You mean to tell me that a UC drug unit didn't have one of those little test kits that patrol cops carry to test stuff they find in the car after a vehicle stop (As seen on TeeVee!, Cops, Live PD, and other shows)?

They should have known one way or the other within 10 minutes.

GtHawk · « **Reply #65 on:** February 02, 2019, 12:50:32 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 02, 2019, 12:26:38 am

You mean to tell me that a UC drug unit didn't have one of those little test kits that patrol cops carry to test stuff they find in the car after a vehicle stop (As seen on TeeVee!, Cops, Live PD, and other shows)?

They should have known one way or the other within 10 minutes.

They probably knew before they planted it, which was right after they realized how bad they screwed up.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #66 on:** February 02, 2019, 12:54:57 pm »

A video of interest:

http://youtu.be/9XmflR0MWXc

A bit choppy at first, but listen to the difference in addresses and keep watching.

7815 HARDY Street v. 7815 HARDING Street

(the following is from TOS):
"The average house with typical 60 year old couple car in the drive way was 7815 Harding street. The known drug house with security cameras, bars on windows was 7815 Hardy street."

Wingnut · « **Reply #67 on:** February 02, 2019, 01:07:48 pm »

Quote from: Fishrrman on February 02, 2019, 12:54:57 pm

A video of interest:

https://youtu.be/9XmflR0MWXc

A bit choppy at first, but listen to the difference in addresses and keep watching.

7815 HARDY Street v. 7815 HARDING Street

(the following is from TOS):
"The average house with typical 60 year old couple car in the drive way was 7815 Harding street. The known drug house with security cameras, bars on windows was 7815 Hardy street."

There does seem to be some underground chatter that the copes went to the wrong house. So far it is not being presude as a possibility by the legal organ of Harris county... the Hocron.

Bigun · « **Reply #68 on:** February 02, 2019, 01:25:11 pm »

Quote from: The Ghost on February 02, 2019, 01:07:48 pm

There does seem to be some underground chatter that the copes went to the wrong house. So far it is not being presude as a possibility by the legal organ of Harris county... the Hocron.

Of course not! And it never will be pursued by them!

Bigun · « **Reply #69 on:** February 02, 2019, 01:33:22 pm »

Quote from: Fishrrman on February 02, 2019, 12:54:57 pm

A video of interest:

https://youtu.be/9XmflR0MWXc

A bit choppy at first, but listen to the difference in addresses and keep watching.

7815 HARDY Street v. 7815 HARDING Street

(the following is from TOS):
"The average house with typical 60 year old couple car in the drive way was 7815 Harding street. The known drug house with security cameras, bars on windows was 7815 Hardy street."

Damned right it's of interest @Fishrrman! Thanks a ton!

Elderberry · « **Reply #70 on:** February 07, 2019, 06:33:15 pm »

HPD officer connected to deadly raid, shootout relieved of duty

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/HPD-officer-connected-to-deadly-raid-shootout-13598143.php

Houston Chronicle by St. John Barned-Smith , Jay R. Jordan and Keri Blakinger 2/7/2019

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A Houston police officer has been relieved of duty in light of "ongoing questions" stemming from a botched drug raid that left a couple dead and five officers wounded, police said Thursday.

It's not clear what role the officer played in the Jan. 28 bust at 7815 Harding, but law enforcement sources said his suspension comes amid a probe centered on questions over whether the sworn affidavit used to justify the no-knock warrant may have contained false information.

It's not clear if the two developments are connected.

"I know that in addition to the officer-involved shooting itself, many have questions regarding the circumstances surrounding the search warrant," Chief Art Acevedo said Thursday in response to news of the officer's suspension. "All of these questions are part of our ongoing criminal and administrative investigations."

Instead of "releasing piecemeal information," he said, the department will report findings once they've wrapped up the internal investigation. He declined to identify or release any details about the officer in question, and did not specify whether the investigation would focus on the possibility of false information in the affidavit.

"When an officer-involved shooting occurs at HPD, we consider it a legal and moral obligation to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances leading up to and resulting in the officer-involved shooting," he said. "There is a lot of speculation as to the circumstances regarding this officer-involved shooting at 7815 Harding Street, but we urge everyone to let the investigation take its proper course and proceed to conclusion."

More at link

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #71 on:** February 07, 2019, 07:57:34 pm »

@Elderberry Thanks. I know some questions have been raised, and in light of possible confusion over the street name (Harding or Hardy?) for the raid, I'm glad to see they are at least investigating. We'll see what develops. The Houston Chronicle has said I have read my last free article, so I'm glad you posted what you did.

Elderberry · « **Reply #72 on:** February 07, 2019, 08:14:32 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 07, 2019, 07:57:34 pm

@Elderberry Thanks. I know some questions have been raised, and in light of possible confusion over the street name (Harding or Hardy?) for the raid, I'm glad to see they are at least investigating. We'll see what develops. The Houston Chronicle has said I have read my last free article, so I'm glad you posted what you did.

@Smokin Joe

When that happens to me, I can usually get in by opening a private browsing window in Firefox.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #73 on:** February 07, 2019, 08:57:16 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on February 07, 2019, 08:14:32 pm

@Smokin Joe

When that happens to me, I can usually get in by opening a private browsing window in Firefox.

@Elderberry Thanks for the tip! That worked.

Sanguine · « **Reply #74 on:** February 07, 2019, 09:29:22 pm »

Thanks, @Elderberry. Too many questions on this one.

Wingnut · « **Reply #75 on:** February 07, 2019, 09:31:48 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on February 07, 2019, 08:14:32 pm

@Smokin Joe

When that happens to me, I can usually get in by opening a private browsing window in Firefox.

Yep. Just go Incognito.

thackney · « **Reply #76 on:** February 08, 2019, 09:04:35 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 07, 2019, 07:57:34 pm

@Elderberry Thanks. I know some questions have been raised, and in light of possible confusion over the street name (Harding or Hardy?) for the raid, I'm glad to see they are at least investigating. We'll see what develops. The Houston Chronicle has said I have read my last free article, so I'm glad you posted what you did.

Clear browser history. Then refresh the link.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #77 on:** February 08, 2019, 09:15:04 am »

Quote from: thackney on February 08, 2019, 09:04:35 am

Clear browser history. Then refresh the link.

Thanks!

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #78 on:** February 08, 2019, 01:46:58 pm »

At first, I was inclined to believe the HPD version.
As more is coming out, I'm not so sure anymore.

Bigun · « **Reply #79 on:** February 08, 2019, 01:57:28 pm »

Quote from: GrouchoTex on February 08, 2019, 01:46:58 pm

At first, I was inclined to believe the HPD version.
As more is coming out, I'm not so sure anymore.

I got some really bad vibes about it from day one.

Wingnut · « **Reply #80 on:** February 08, 2019, 02:15:01 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on February 08, 2019, 01:57:28 pm

I got some really bad vibes about it from day one.

They should know by now. Accevato is stalling... My gut tells me they are burring more dead bodies than just the homeowners. Something is rotten in the Astrodome..

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #81 on:** February 08, 2019, 02:16:38 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on February 08, 2019, 01:57:28 pm

I got some really bad vibes about it from day one.

Something smelled off from the start, once the details started trickling in.

No evidence supporting a dealer in residence except for some CI, and CIs have been known to get it wrong.

In a castle doctrine state, kick down the door dressed like hood rats (plainclothes, not uniforms), and shoot the dog--if the people inside can, they will mount a defense. Especially if they don't know it is the police.

Dealers would have marketable quantities of drugs, paraphernalia, and cash. None of those were mentioned as being found.
It took days to get analysis of the white powder, when they do it on "Cops" and "Live PD" in 5 minutes. You gonna tell me a drug raid team doesn't have a test kit? Someone could have been eating powdered mini donuts and watching TV--those leave white powder all over, especially on the coffee table around the bag.

The more I learn, the more this sounds like a screwup.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #82 on:** February 08, 2019, 06:22:21 pm »

Bigun wrote:
"I got some really bad vibes about it from day one."

Yup.
This was "a bad raid" from the start.

Two innocent people are dead for defending their home against what they thought to be a home invasion.

Sorry for the cops who got shot, but they weren't acting in good faith.
(I stand behind that statement).

EVERYTHING the police did STINKS in this one.
And when the facts finally come out, that will be proven.

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #83 on:** February 09, 2019, 04:37:08 pm »

I heard on the radio today that everything is going to be investigated thoroughly.
He says they owe to the wounded officers and the family of the deceased.
Repeated that 4 weapons were found ( but didn't mention what they were, if they were legally purchased or stolen, etc.).
Related that 28 grams of weed and 1.5 grams of cocaine were found.
This appears to be more of a personal use situation, not a dealer.
He said nothing else.
Yep, something went dreadfully wrong here, and he is hearing it from the community.

Wingnut · « **Reply #84 on:** February 09, 2019, 04:42:03 pm »

28 grams of weed? That is less than an OZ.

Boy they brought down the kingpin with that bust. They must be so proud.

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #85 on:** February 09, 2019, 04:55:54 pm »

Quote from: The Ghost on February 09, 2019, 04:42:03 pm

28 grams of weed? That is less than an OZ.

Boy they brought down the kingpin with that bust. They must be so proud.

Right, personal use, not bringing down the cartel.

Elderberry · « **Reply #86 on:** February 09, 2019, 04:57:25 pm »

Quote from: GrouchoTex on February 09, 2019, 04:37:08 pm

I heard on the radio today that everything is going to be investigated thoroughly.
He says they owe to the wounded officers and the family of the deceased.
Repeated that 4 weapons were found ( but didn't mention what they were, if they were legally purchased or stolen, etc.).
Related that 28 grams of weed and 1.5 grams of cocaine were found.
This appears to be more of a personal use situation, not a dealer.
He said nothing else.
Yep, something went dreadfully wrong here, and he is hearing it from the community.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/HPD-officer-connected-to-deadly-raid-shootout-13598143.php

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They also found two 12-gauge shotguns, a 20-gauge shotgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a second rifle â€” but no 9mm handgun described in the warrant.

No evil black rifles. Looks like a hunter's small collection.

240B · « **Reply #87 on:** February 09, 2019, 05:02:42 pm »

The story changed. First, it was reported that they were serving a warrant. Later, it was reported to be a raid on a drug house. It is never explained why nobody had eyes on the house. If they were watching the house, they would have known only two people were home. Also, they could have simply waited for them to leave to go somewhere and simply pull the car over to take away the home advantage. The whole Ghestapo raid show was entirely unnecessary.

The amount of drugs found is so small, they could have easily have been planted (or not) to justify the raid.

The officers who were injured may 'recover' but that doesn't mean that they will not face lifelong debilitation. I would hate to find out that I risked my life and almost died over a blunt and a blow of coke.

This incident is the result of an incompetent, trigger-happy Police department which did not independently verify (with their own eyes on) information they received from an anonymous source. Instead, they went in shooting right off the bat. There is no indication that they ever gave the homeowners a chance to simply come out and surrender.

Wingnut · « **Reply #88 on:** February 09, 2019, 05:05:33 pm »

If the CI that the cops relied upon is smart, he would become invisible.

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #89 on:** February 09, 2019, 05:09:29 pm »

Quote from: The Ghost on February 09, 2019, 05:05:33 pm

If the CI that the cops relied upon is smart, he would become invisible.

True.
Today, I am left wondering if the CI even exist.
Demoralizing.

Elderberry · « **Reply #90 on:** February 09, 2019, 06:33:05 pm »

SCOTT HENSON QUESTIONS HOUSTON POLICE NARCOTICS RAID.
Eleven unanswered questions about the botched police raid in Houston

By Scott Henson Grits for Breakfast February 2, 2019

http://barkgrowlbite.blogspot.com/

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Four officers were shot and two suspects and their dog are dead after a botched narcotics raid in Houston. Friends and family of the deceased say they were innocent victims. Obviously, I hope all the officers recover. But having watched this play out in the press for several days, Grits has questions.

Here's the background: According to the search warrant, police claimed they sent a confidential informant into the home who had assisted in 10 or more prior investigations, all of which had led to arrests and seizures. They searched the CI, gave him cash, and allegedly watched him go into the home in question. He came out with brown heroin in a bag, telling police he'd seen many other bags of heroin and a 9mm pistol. The officers placed the home under surveillance until they could get a warrant.

Problem is, they found no bags of heroin. There was no 9mm pistol. But when the narcotics unit (not a SWAT team) entered the home at five in the afternoon, announcing themselves as the battering ram broke the door down, there was an angry pit bull facing them that an officer immediately killed with a shotgun blast. At that, one of the homeowners returned fire, and an intense gunfight occurred.

The homeowners didn't have a 9mm, but they did have shotguns and a .357 Magnum, and they responded to the home invasion the way many gun owning Texas homeowners brag they would. Maybe they were violent criminals trying to kill police, but they could also have been unwitting victims of a lying informant who didn't understand who had broken down their door and shot their dog.

That's the first question: Were these people heroin dealers? The available evidence says no, and regrettably, they're not around to defend themselves against the allegation. Their neighbors told reporters they almost never had visitors, and their friends and family adamantly deny the charge. Cocaine was allegedly found on the scene, but one bag, at user levels. And the multiple bags of brown heroin and 9mm weapon alleged in the search-warrant affidavit were nowhere to be found.

So the second question is: Where did the informant get the heroin? Police claimed they followed best practices, searching the informant beforehand and watching him go in and out. The couple couldn't have moved it because police had the house under surveillance. And they'd have seen if there'd been enough customers for all the volume to deplete. So if the informant brought back heroin, where did it come from?

Third question: Is it plausible that this couple would sell smack to a CI sent to their front door whom they'd never met before? Something there doesn't add up.

Fourth question: Will the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Harris County District Attorney's Office now review those 10+ cases using this informant in the past? If he lied about this couple selling heroin, what else might he have lied about?

Fifth question: HPD claimed they raided the home for safety reasons because they knew there was a gun inside (even though they had bad information about that; there was no 9mm). But given the outcome, was it really safer? It was 5 p.m., so they were awake. Mightn't the outcome have been better if they'd just knocked on the front door?

Sixth question: Should police use "dynamic entry" to execute search warrants every time there's reportedly a gun in the home? There are probably guns in half the homes in Texas! Relatedly, if you're afraid someone might shoot at you when you break down their door, why not just wait outside for them to come out? The house was already under surveillance.

Seventh question: Were these narcotics officers sufficiently trained to perform a dynamic entry? There's a subsidiary question: why wasn't a SWAT team used? After his wife and dog had been killed, the husband, a Navy veteran with no criminal record, snuck out the back and opened fire on the officers from behind, the Houston Chronicle reported. This was a basic tactical error - someone should have been manning the back door. Also, such raids are frequently conducted pre-dawn to minimize the chance suspects will be awake and shoot back. This one was performed at five in the afternoon. So did these narcotics cops just not know what the hell they were doing?

Eighth question: Could they have raided the wrong house? The search warrant affidavit says police watched the informant go into the house and come out with drugs, then watched it until they raided it. But what if that's a lie? What if the informant merely told an officer the address of the house, and got it wrong? Otherwise, where is the heroin?

Ninth question: How much was the informant paid for this service? What is this person's background? How much was s/he paid in the past, and for what services? An officer vouched for the person in the search warrant affidavit, what was their relationship? It's okay to tell, the person can never be used as an informant again.

Tenth question: Chief Art Acevedo said neighbors thanked police for taking out a known drug house. But reporters interviewed every neighbor they could find and everyone said these were quiet people who seldom had visitors, loved animals, and kept to themselves. Why weren't those grateful neighbors corroborating the chief's claims to reporters?

Eleventh question: Why does Fox and Friends give union boss Joe Gamaldi a platform? The guy's a blowhard.

MORE: On Twitter, someone suggested another excellent question: "Who shot who?" It was said the wife was shot when she lunged for a downed officer's shotgun after her dog had been killed. Does that mean she was unarmed at the time and the husband did all the shooting? Were any of the police injured by friendly fire? Who shot who is an excellent question.