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Fight between 2 men outside SW Houston gas station turns into deadly shooting

Argument turns into deadly shooting outside Beechnut gas station (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

HOUSTON – Authorities are looking into how an argument between two men outside a gas station Sunday night in southwest Houston turned into a deadly shooting.

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Around 11 p.m. the Houston Police Department was called to a gas station on Beechnut Street off Wilcrest Drive in Alief, where they found an unidentified man, believed to be in his 30s, shot to death.

Argument turns into deadly shooting outside Beechnut gas station (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

It’s unclear exactly how everything unfolded, but witnesses told investigators the man was arguing with the shooter before things turned physical. One of the men then pulled out a gun before shooting the other several times. He then took off before the police arrived.

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Officials are asking the public for any information to help find the man’s killer as their investigation continues, by calling Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).


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Historian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.

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