Man gunned down after trying to force entry into ex-girlfriend’s home

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Harris County news, Texas news.

A Texas man is dead after he allegedly kicked down the door of his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, trying to force entry and assault her son early Thursday.

Harris County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the apartment on West Village Drive at around 1 a.m. when the man showed up and kicked down the front door.

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