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For some University Place and Memorial area residents, Friday morning looked more like a movie in their neighborhood than a typical day.

Residents were greeted to the sounds of loud knocking and multiple vehicles simultaneously swarming homes at 2025 Albans in University Place and 411 Fall River Road in the Memorial area around 9 a.m.

Some Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents were wearing hazardous material suits as they entered the homes conducting a search warrant.

“This is a lawful law enforcement operation and whenever we do these types of things, we err on the side of caution,” said FBI spokesperson Shauna Dunlap.

“We obviously take several safety measures and precautions in the event we come in contact with something potentially hazardous,” she said.

The search warrants and accompanying documents on the investigation are sealed and Dunlap said she could not comment on the details of them.

“We have lots of different personnel from different agencies on the scene,” she said, “and I can’t comment on the significance of that except that we all work together.”

Dunlap did say they did not need to evacuate the area and they have been in close contact with the neighbors to assure them everything was okay.

“The property owners are free to come and go,” she said.

At the same time the two Houston homes were being raided, a condominium in Bryan, Texas, was also being searched.

A spokesperson for Bryan police said they basically were on the scene to assist the FBI. Neighbors at the condominium complex at Woodland Court on Villa Maria were offered a voluntary evacuation, but they were not in any danger.

The three residences, according to Harris County and Brazos County records, belong to the same people, Cecily E. Horton and Andrew Schneck. There were no details if they were involved in any way.

Dunlap said they would be at the three locations “as long as it takes to safely secure the location and finish what we’re here to do.”