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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - One person is in the hospital this morning after being accidentally shot by a Houston police officer.
At around 1 a.m. Tuesday. a fight started at Mr. A’s nightclub in northeast Houston. Four police officers were working approved extra jobs as security guards . One of them was asked inside to try to calm everyone down. Inside he saw someone reaching into his waistband as if for a gun. Fearing for the safety of the people around him, he drew his weapon. Someone pushed the officer down from behind and the gun went off accidentally shooting a bystander.
That person is in the hospital with an injury determined not to be life-threatening.
Scarlett Fakhar has more in this video report.