HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A funeral was underway when officers served a search warrant at an unlicensed funeral home in the Third Ward area, according to Houston Police Lieutenant Larry Crowson.

Houston Police Department officers served a search warrant at A Community Funeral Home, in the 2500 block of Wheeler Street, while a funeral was finishing up.

Crowson said another funeral home was called in to finish the services for the family of the deceased.

Officers were looking for financial records because they said they've gotten a number of calls from people whose loved ones used the funeral home for their services.

Crowson said the deceased have had their identities stolen and they suspect it happened at the funeral home.

"Apparently, the funeral home was using whatever information th

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