Confrontation over fender-bender leads to fatal shooting, Texas police say
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A man was found dead in a parking lot following a confrontation over a “minor” car accident, Texas police said.
On the afternoon of Feb. 13, police received a call of a shooting and found a 33-year-old man dead in a parking lot in Jersey Village, a suburb 18 miles northwest of Houston.
According to police, a minor car accident happened between the man and a suspect who was still on the scene when officers arrived.
The suspect and the man had a “verbal altercation” following the accident, and the suspect brought out a gun from the car, police said in a news release.
The suspect then shot the man, police said in the release.
Jersey Village Police Department and the Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.
Mariah Rush
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