7-Year-Old Wounded As Argument Leads To Gunfire

(Houston, TX)  --  A man is under arrest after an argument led to gunfire that wounded a seven-year-old boy on Wednesday evening.  Police say the boy's father got into an argument with an employee of a tire shop on the South Loop West near Almeda.  

The employee pulled a gun and fired a shot, and investigators say broken glass or shrapnel wounded the boy in the arm.  

The boy's father took him to Texas Children's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  Houston police arrested the employee, who says he acted in self-defense.


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