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A burglary suspect who was shot and killed in a Lynwood home Thursday morning is believed to have been shot by an accomplice when they were startled by a resident, officials said.

Border Patrol agents claimed they approached Gomez on a Los Angeles street because he “appeared startled and nervous when he saw the agents,” and abruptly changed course, “moving away from the agents at accelerating speeds.”

He’s startled out of his oblivion a few years later by a knock at the front door.

“Dogs may attack not only to defend their territory, but also when they feel startled, anxious or unwell,” the Postal Service stated in a news release.

“So, while part of what I’ve been writing about was experiences different from my own, it kind of startled me that I’d written 39 books about people who went home alone at night.”