HOUSTON – A woman was shot after police said she was shot by a security guard on Tuesday morning in southeast Houston.
Houston police responded to reports of a shooting in the 5800 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard around 10:30 p.m.
When they arrived, they learned a security guard had shot a possible homeless woman in her 40s.
The security guard, who stayed on the scene and is cooperating with officers, told them that he was working security for a parking lot when three women in two separate vehicles pulled up to fight. He said while he was trying to break up the fight between the three women, another woman, who police believe to be homeless, joined in on the fight.
The security guard said that eventually, the three women left the parking lot, and he was left with the homeless woman, who then started swinging at him, causing him to fall to the ground.
The security guard said he told the woman to leave, and he got back inside his vehicle. Instead of leaving, he said the woman came up to his vehicle and dug into her purse, saying, “I got something for you.”
The guard told officers he then drew his pistol and shot the woman twice.
It’s unknown if any charges will be filed against the security guard. Officers are working to recover surveillance video of the incident.
The condition of the woman who was shot is unknown.