HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A confrontation over an alcoholic beverage at a northwest Houston restaurant led to gunfire between a patron and an off-duty sheriff's deputy who was working security, authorities said.
It happened on Gessner and Highway 249 Friday night.
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A customer tried to walk out of the restaurant with the beverage when the deputy confronted them, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The customer became angry, pulled a gun and opened fire, investigators said.
The deputy returned fire during the ordeal, but no one was hit.
Several cars were damaged by the gunfire.
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The shooter was able to get away in a white pickup truck.