Bartender, customer wounded when bullet rips through wall in Second Ward shooting

Thursday, April 8, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A fight between two men in the middle of a Second Ward street overnight erupted into gunfire, wounding a bartender and customer inside a nearby business, police said.

It happened around 11:45 p.m. Friday in the 3900 block of Canal and North Milby.
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The bullet that injured the bartender is believed to have been the same one that wounded the customer, according to Houston police. Another bullet went through the window of a METRO bus.

A third victim was riding his bicycle approximately one block away when he was shot in the arm, police said.
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All three are expected to recover from their injuries.

The two men involved in the original fight were able to flee before officers arrived.
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