{"id":241973,"date":"2026-04-09T12:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241973\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:54:29","slug":"shooting-at-houston-nightclub-leaves-2-men-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241973\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at Houston nightclub leaves 2 men in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two men were found shot with multiple bullet wounds at a Houston nightclub after what police say was a robbery attempt, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two men were taken to the hospital in critical condition after the shooting took place, reported local news outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/houston-nightclub-shooting-kirby-drive-confessions\/285-a7fbdf53-28ec-4801-8e01-bd6396a9b7f7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click2Houston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click2Houston&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click2Houston<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/09\/2-men-shot-several-times-after-attempted-robbery-at-upper-kirby-restaurant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KHOU11;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KHOU11&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KHOU11<\/a>. One of the victims is in his late 20s and received multiple gunshot wounds in his torso, and the other victim, in his mid-20s, received multiple gunshot wounds in his arms and legs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say the shooting happened at 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, April 8, at a popular Houston club called Confessions, according to the local news outlets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police are still looking for the shooter, who fled the scene, reported KHOU11. Police believe the shooter might have been seriously injured in the altercation and are checking local hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">USA TODAY has contacted the Houston Police Department for more information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/offset-know-rappers-florida-shooting-123340507.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Who is Offset? What we know about rapper&#039;s Florida shooting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Who is Offset? What we know about rapper&#039;s Florida shooting&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who is Offset? What we know about rapper&#8217;s Florida shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What happened?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A fight began when two men tried to take chains from another man&#8217;s neck, and others joined in on the altercation, according to KHOU11. The victim of the theft pulled out a gun during the altercation, shooting two people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is unknown whether the men knew each other or whether the victims were involved in the initial robbery attempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information or video of the shooting is asked to contact the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story is developing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Julia Gomez is a Trending reporter for USA TODAY and covers popular toys, space phenomena, scientific studies, natural disasters, holidays, and trending news. Connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juliamgomez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LinkedIn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LinkedIn&quot;}\" class=\"link \">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaMarieGZ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/juliamariegz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@juliamariegz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TikTok&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TikTok<\/a>: @juliamariegz, or email her at jgomez@gannett.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/04\/09\/shooting-houston-nightclub-confessions-men-shot\/89530923007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shooting in Houston at Confessions nightclub leaves 2 men hurt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Shooting in Houston at Confessions nightclub leaves 2 men hurt&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Shooting in Houston at Confessions nightclub leaves 2 men hurt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men were found shot with multiple bullet wounds at a Houston nightclub after what police say was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[92689,980,92691,9826,56,58,57,2543,92690,17051],"class_list":{"0":"post-241973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-bullet-wounds","9":"tag-critical-condition","10":"tag-florida-shooting","11":"tag-gunshot-wounds","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-houston-headlines","14":"tag-houston-news","15":"tag-houston-police-department","16":"tag-local-news-outlets","17":"tag-robbery-attempt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}