Houston standoff ends with suspect injured

Copyright 2009 HOUSTON CHRONICLE

May 15, 2009, 11:36PM

Houston police said a man fired a shot at his girlfriend this evening while they were quarreling inside a car parked along a southwest side street.

The man remained in his car surrounded by police until the standoff ended on Friday night. The man had a gunshot wound and was being treated by paramedics.

Houston police and the Harris County district attorney were investigating the shooting late Friday

. According to preliminary information, the woman was not hit and escaped from the car, police said.

The incident started about 9:30 p.m. in the 11600 block of Alief-Clodine.

No further information was immediately available.