HPD releases details of fatal FBI shooting

The Houston man shot and killed by two FBI agents as they closed in for an arrest on child pornography charges Friday was identified as 24-year-old Malcolm Comeaux, police said Monday.

The agents had two warrants for Comeaux’s arrest as they approached his home in the 5700 block of Hirondel around 9:55 a.m. After agents announced themselves, Comeaux initially walked out of the one-story home with his hands up.

But police say he suddenly grabbed what appeared to be a black revolver handgun from his waistband as the agents had their guns drawn. Detectives later determined that the object was a pellet gun that resembled a handgun, according to the Houston Police Department.

Two of the agents opened fire, striking Comeaux several times.

He was pronounced dead on his lawn. The manner of death was determined to be a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined.

Houston police officers assisted the FBI by securing the perimeter of the home but were not involved in the execution of the arrest, according to HPD spokesperson John Cannon.

HPD detectives said the agents feared for their lives and the lives of the other agents.

The agents were not wearing body-worn cameras, according to an FBI spokesperson.

HPD officers did wear activated body cameras but did not capture the shooting, Cannon said Friday. 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.

Comeaux was wanted on two federal charges of sexual assault of a child and sexual exploitation of a child.