Houston, Texas

From Houston’s ABC13.com of February 21, 2007

Confrontation at NE Houston bar ends in fatal shooting

Tempers got out of control at a northeast Houston bar overnight when one customer allegedly began harassing a waitress. It all ended with that customer dead, and the shooter claiming self-defense.

It happened at Lexey's Place sports bar on Manor Way and Old Humble in northeast Houston last night. Investigators say the bar owner's son noticed a man hitting a waitress in the face and confronted him. Police say the aggressive bar customer pulled out a knife and cut the bar owner's son in the face. The owner's son ran outside and locked himself in his vehicle.

Witnesses say the aggressive man chased him with the knife and broke the car window. Police say the bar owner's son then grabbed a gun and shot his alleged attacker in the neck. That man died at the scene. Several witnesses described to police what they saw happen.

"All three of them have stated that the deceased party began confronting the other two parties in the bar -- the male who was a shooter, and a female bar employee," said Captain Milton Martin with the Houston Police Department.

The shooter suffered cuts to his face but is going to be OK. Investigators say the deadly shooting may turn out to be a case of self-defense.