Houston Police Department Lt. Larry Crowson confirmed Wednesday that the security guard was charged in connection with the death.
Police said that the shooting occurred the area in the 8200 block of Broadway Street.
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Police responded to the shooting at 5210 E. Williams Circle, near East Broadway Boulevard and South Craycroft Road, about 6 p.m.
The ex-girlfriend's coworkers were aware of a domestic violence incident involving the man days earlier and called security when he was spotted in the lobby, police say.
Gunfire was exchanged in a fight between the man and the security guards that started soon after they approached him, police said.
The man shot one security guard's boot, but he was not wounded.
One of the security officers fired and struck the man, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police said that the armed man entered the business as they were closing and that's when the security guard shot him twice in the chest.
The man succumbed to his injuries at the Birmingham medical center.
Tulsa police say that multiple shots were fired at a hookah lounge just before 3am at Fantasia Hookah Lounge at 4401 S. Memorial.
A man was shot as he dropped off his children at his mother's apartment for no apparent reason.
He was shot once in the arm and once in the chest after security confronted him and told him to leave the property. As he began to drive away, the security guard shot him through his window,
Police are also investigating shootings by security officers at a club and at an arcade.
In the arcade shooting, a man identified as a security guard fired at a man fleeing an attempted robbery.
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