HOUSTON – Deputies said a minor traffic accident in Northwest Harris County ended with one man shot and taken to the hospital.
Investigators said it started when the men got into a minor fender-bender on West Little York near Guhn shortly after 5 p.m. The drivers then got into some kind of altercation and started driving side by side yelling at each other, officials said.
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One of the drivers pulled out mace and sprayed the other, who in turn pulled out his gun and shot the man, deputies said. The gunshot victim suffered a wound to the face and was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition.
"I saw them arguing and then I saw the dude pull up on the side of him and he sprayed him with mace and then the other dude started shooting," said Tale Hewitt, a witness.
The suspect was taken into custody for questioning.