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Woman shot after dousing gaming machine with lighter fluid, Texas cops say

A woman who poured lighter fluid on a gaming machine and set it on fire ended up being shot by another gambler angry it had been burned, Houston police said.
A woman who poured lighter fluid on a gaming machine and set it on fire ended up being shot by another gambler angry it had been burned, Houston police said. Houston Police Department

A woman who poured lighter fluid on a gaming machine inside a Houston convenience store wound up being shot by another woman angry over her actions, Texas police said.

The woman was upset about losing on the machine and set it on fire about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, KPRC reported. That angered a second woman, who also had been playing.

The two women began arguing, and the second shot the first in the store’s parking lot, police reported on Twitter. The injured woman was hospitalized in stable condition.

No arrests have been made, police wrote on Twitter.

Police said the two women know each other but did not elaborate on their relationship, KTRK reported.

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This story was originally published November 24, 2021 at 1:29 PM with the headline "Woman shot after dousing gaming machine with lighter fluid, Texas cops say."

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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