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Bar owner dead, employee injured in shooting at Tequila B in Houston Heights

HOUSTON – The owner of a Houston Heights bar was killed and an employee was wounded during a shooting early Sunday morning, according to Houston police.

The shooting happened just before 3 a.m. in the parking lot of Tequila B, a bar on the North Freeway at Jewett St.

A lieutenant with the Houston Police Department says there was an altercation outside the bar. The owner and another employee went outside to investigate and were both shot. The owner of the bar died and the employee is in critical condition and was taken to the hospital.

The Houston Homicide Squad is investigating.