Firefighter's Facebook post about car break-in prompts HFD investigation

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston firefighter has been reassigned because of a post threatening Hispanic teens that was on his Facebook timeline.

The post appears to have been the result of a truck break-in early Tuesday morning at the fire captain's Missouri City home.

Five hours after the burglary, the African-American father, whom we are not identifying, appears to have shared his anger publicly on Facebook. The post first addresses all parents of Hispanic male teenagers in his subdivision, threatening to make them "deceased" if he finds them. It then goes on to say parents who don't know where their kids are "must suffer the consequences of burying their child, needlessly." It ends by saying that "hands up, don't shoot (expletive) doesn't work" with him, driving the point home that he's furious.

It's not the only offensive Facebook post written by Houston firefighters that we've told you about. In June, an EMT referred to Victor Gonzalez, a drowning victim, not once but twice as a "drunk Mexican."

In September, a 24-year veteran posted an image of Islam on his Facebook timeline along with a profanity.

The latest post has been removed from the fire captain's Facebook page. He has been reassigned to an administrative position pending the outcome of an investigation. He usually works at Station 82 in Southwest Houston.

The captain did not respond to two separate requests by Eyewitness News for comment.