A homeowner in Texas exchanged gunfire with three intruders who police say broke into his mobile home on Monday, shooting and killing all of them.

Two men who lived in the mobile home located in the Amie Michele Lane in Channelview, saw three Hispanic males in their 20s dressed in dark clothing and armed with a pistol break into their residence at around 10am local time, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

Channelview is about 16 miles east of Houston.

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Police are on the scene of a thwarted home invasion on Amie Michele Lane in Channelview, Texas, on Monday where a homeowner shot dead three would-be burglars

One of the mobile home occupants hid in a room while the other grabbed a shotgun and fired at the burglars, Gonzalez said.

'It appears there was some type of gunfire exchange. The one with shotgun was able to shoot at the three males and they were all pronounced deceased here at the scene, Gonzalez said.

The homeowner who fired on the three men was shot, KTRK reported. Gonzalez said he was in serious condition and was expected to undergo surgery.

Initial reports indicated a fourth person also tried to enter the mobile home, but Gonzalez said no such person has been found.

'We´re going to have a lengthy follow-up investigation out here at the scene. Having three dead bodies inside a home is not something very common,' Gonzalez said.

Cops say three Hispanic males in their 20s dressed in dark clothing and armed with a pistol broke into a mobile home shared by two men and exchanged fire with one of them

Gonzalez said the case will likely be referred to a grand jury, which will be tasked with deciding whether or not to bring charges against the homeowner in connection to the intruders' killings.

In Texas, a law known as the 'castle doctrine' allows people to defend themselves from intruders in their homes.