'I'm glad those pigs were shot': HPD chief responds to threatening Facebook direct message

"Example of the ugly world and dark hearts police officers [and] the communities we serve face each and every day. Makes one wonder if the dark heart is driven by evil, mental illness or both." - @ArtAcevedo "Example of the ugly world and dark hearts police officers [and] the communities we serve face each and every day. Makes one wonder if the dark heart is driven by evil, mental illness or both." - @ArtAcevedo Photo: Twitter Photo: Twitter Image 1 of / 32 Caption Close 'I'm glad those pigs were shot': HPD chief responds to threatening Facebook direct message 1 / 32 Back to Gallery

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted out a screenshot of what appears to be a threatening Facebook direct message to him Saturday morning.

"I'm glad those pigs were shot, hopefully you're next," the screenshot says. "I hope you have a year of absolute terror. I hope cops are murdered everyday this year so you know true fear. Hopefully those pigs die."

The DM to Acevedo comes just days after five Houston Police Officers were shot in a gun battle while serving a search warrant.

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Narcotics officers broke down the door of a suspected drug den in southeast Houston Monday afternoon, armed with a warrant and hoping to arrest heroin dealers operating in southeast Houston in a Pecan Park home.

Acevedo responded to the DM Saturday, tweeting, "Example of the ugly world and dark hearts police officers and the communities we face each and every day. Makes one wonder if the dark heart is driven by evil, mental illness or both."

Example of the ugly World and dark hearts police officers snd the communities we serve face each and every day. Makes one wonder if the dark heart is driven by evil, mental illness or both. pic.twitter.com/Lqc6a3kK1N

— Chief Art Acevedo (@ArtAcevedo) February 2, 2019

The username for the account that allegedly sent the direct message to Acevedo was not included in the screenshot.