HOUSTON – An investigation is ongoing after a man was shot by an armed security guard following a fight outside a west Houston bar early Sunday, Houston police say.
It happened at the 042 Lounge in the 13700 block of Westheimer Road near Eldridge Parkway in the West Oaks area at around 2 a.m.
According to police, the 33-year-old man, who was a customer at the bar, started arguing with the security guard when the bar started to close down for the night.
The customer then went to his vehicle and grabbed a gun, police said, while the security guard, who was armed, called authorities.
When he returned, the customer pointed his gun up and towards him, and that was when the armed guard pulled out his gun and fired at him.
Paramedics were called to the scene and pronounced the customer dead.
The case will be brought up to a grand jury after detectives consulted with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, according to HPD.