2 Houston officers shot, 1 in critical condition

HOUSTON (AP) — Two Houston police officers were shot and taken to hospitals, one of them in critical condition, as they were investigating a home burglary Tuesday, authorities said.

Acevdeo lifted a lockdown on the southwest Houston neighborhood of about 1,800 homes, including three schools, more than four hours later and urged residents to notify police of anything suspicious.

The chief said three homes in the neighborhood were burglarized Tuesday and while police didn't know if all three were connected, the suspect killed in the shootout was involved in at least one of them.

A woman at one of the homes alerted them that a door at a storage shed behind her home was ajar and appeared to be suspicious.

"Two of our officers actually jumped the fence and went into that backyard to clear that storage shed when a male Hispanic suspect opened the door, came out and opened fire on our officers," he said.