HOUSTON – Fourth of July celebrations ended in gunfire for some neighbors in Houston’s South Side after a fireworks-related dispute escalated into a shooting that injured two people, according to the Houston Police Department.
HPD said officers were called to the 6800 block of Winton Street around 1 a.m. on Sunday.
Investigators said neighbors in the area were setting off fireworks when they were confronted by people from a couple of houses away, leading to a verbal argument that escalated. Police said guns were then pulled and both sides began firing at each other.
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An adult woman was found with a gunshot wound to her lower leg; officers said her injuries were not life-threatening. She was taken to a nearby hospital and was reported in stable condition. An adult man suffered a gunshot wound to his foot and took himself to a hospital, where he was also listed in stable condition…