Lockdown lifted at HISD school following shooting outside convenience store

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HOUSTON – Houston police said a man was shot outside a convenience store on Houston’s south side Monday afternoon, and the situation prompted a lockdown at Albert Thomas Middle School.

The lockdown at the school -- located about a half-mile from the shooting -- has been lifted as of 12:53 p.m., HISD told KPRC 2.

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The shooting happened in the 11402 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Police said a man was shot in the leg by another man during an argument at 11:15 a.m.


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