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Bartender Reportedly Shoots Man Outside Her Home

Woman: Man Was Regular Customer Where She Works

POSTED: Wednesday, February 4,

A bartender reportedly shot and killed a man outside her southeast Houston home Tuesday morning.

Sam Oliva told police she shot a man in the head after she asked him to leave her home.

Oliva said the man was banging on her door and broke a window before she fired the gun.

The 58-year-old bartender said she didn't know who the man was until police arrived. She said the man was a regular customer at the bar where she works and had taken her home before.

The woman told police she had been drinking.

Houston police have not filed any charges against the woman.

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