HOUSTON – A man is dead after getting into a fight with the owner of a warehouse in southwest Houston Sunday, police said.
Police said the deadly incident happened around 11:45 p.m. on South Post Oak Road near Heatherbrook Drive.
According to investigators, the owner of the warehouse, who has been identified as a 29-year-old man, told them the man entered the location with a metal pipe and gun. Police said the suspect assaulted the business owner with the metal pipe, injuring his arms and head. Fearing for his life, officers said the business owner retrieved a gun and shot the suspect multiple times. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the suspect deceased.
According to officers, the warehouse owner is cooperating and went in for questioning.