Two wounded in gunfight during La Porte home invasion

A resident and a suspect were wounded early Thursday morning in a gunfight during an apparently drug-related home invasion in La Porte.

The incident happened about 1:50 a.m. at a house in the 800 block of Willow Creek near Shadow Creek, said Sgt. John Krueger of the La Porte Police Department.

Krueger said a man, his wife, the couple's adult son and teenage son, along with a guest, were in the home when someone knocked on the door. When the couple's adult son opened the door, he saw a man with a shotgun and several other suspects outside.

The younger man's father grabbed a gun and exchanged gunshots in the entry way of the home with the suspect carrying the shotgun. Both were wounded. No other injuries were reported.

Krueger said the wounded men were taken to a nearby hospital. Details of their injuries and conditions were not released but Krueger said they were both expected to survive.

The other suspects left after the gunfire. Officers found and detained one of them but the others have so far eluded capture. No descriptions were available of the suspects who remained at large.

Krueger said the shooting appeared to involve drug activity.

"It is believed this could be drug related," he said.

No information was released about what led investigators to believe drugs were involved in the incident.