{"id":428271,"date":"2026-09-06T21:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428271\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:03:16","slug":"gunman-opens-fire-outside-southwest-houston-restaurant-after-argument-injuring-bystander-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428271\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman opens fire outside southwest Houston restaurant after argument, injuring bystander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A gunman opened fire outside a southwest Houston restaurant late Saturday night following an argument with staff, injuring a bystander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim was struck in the torso and leg in a random shooting and was transported to an area hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No arrests have been made, though Houston police have identified the suspect and are actively pursuing leads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HOUSTON &#8211; A gunman opened fire on a southwest Houston restaurant late Saturday night following an argument with staff, injuring a bystander who was struck in the torso and leg, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Houston restaurant shooting<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooting happened shortly before 11:30 p.m. at a restaurant near the intersection of Beechnut Street and Corporate Drive, according to Houston Police Department Officer Webber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said a man in his 50s and his nephew became intoxicated inside the establishment and were asked to leave by security personnel and the restaurant&#8217;s owner.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kriv_fox_local_articles_563\/77b3c7952f689f4ce9a328aafcf515bb.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After leaving the building, the suspect walked to his vehicle, retrieved a handgun, and began firing shots back toward the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man in his 30s who was standing outside the restaurant with a witness was caught in the gunfire. Investigators believe the victim was not specifically targeted and was hit randomly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim had gunshot wounds to the torso and leg and was taken to an area hospital, where he remains alive and receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No arrests have been made, though police said investigators have identified the suspect and are pursuing leads with the cooperation of witnesses at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this article is from the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A gunman opened fire outside a southwest Houston restaurant late Saturday night following an argument with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,2543],"class_list":["post-428271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428271","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=428271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}