HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Officials are determining whether to file charges against a security guard who fired shots and injured a woman involved in a parking lot fight in southeast Houston.
The shooting happened on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Griggs Road on Tuesday evening.
The Houston Police Department said that three women arrived at the empty parking lot, two in a maroon car and another in a white car, got out, and began fighting. Officials said during this time, the security guard was parked and sitting in his vehicle before approaching the women.
At one point, two of the women had the other woman on the ground, kicking and hitting her, before the guard came to break up the fight. Officials said that is when a fourth woman, who HPD believed was homeless, approached and kicked the woman on the ground in the head.
The guard eventually pushes back against the fourth woman and clears the fight before the initial three women leave the area, leaving just the fourth woman and the security guard at the scene, HPD says.
Lt. Wilikins with HPD said the woman then reportedly became frustrated and tried to hit the guard, causing him to slip and fall. HPD said that is when the guard recovered, grabbed the woman, told her to leave, and then walked away.
As the guard walked away, the woman threatened him and began to go through her bag, saying, “I’ve got something for you,” and pulled an object out, leading the guard to open fire, hitting her in the hand and in the stomach, HPD said.
Officials said the guard did call 911. The woman, who police said is in her 40s, was taken to the hospital and is expected to be OK.
There was no word from officials on what led up to the initial altercation or the relationship among the four women.
HPD said the guard is cooperating with police, and the case will be reviewed by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.