Man shot three times at dollar store

Precinct 4 deputy constables are on the scene of a shooting at a dollar store in northwest Harris County.

Around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, deputy constables arrived at the Family Dollar on Kuykendahl at Ella where they found a man shot three times.

He was then transported to Houston Norhwest Medical Center by Cy Creek EMS.

According to police, the shooting came after an altercation between a couple of men at an apartment project behind the dollar store.

The argument escalated,  and the two were preparing to fight each other physically. That's when one pulled out a gun and fired multiples times.

The victim was able to get into the Family Dollar store and collapsed.