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1 dead after fight outside Houston nightclub

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One man died Saturday morning after a fight outside a nightclub in the Rice Military neighborhood, police said.

It happened around 2:40 a.m. in the 1000 block of Sandman Street near Washington Avenue.

Houston police responded to an assault call outside the Heart nightclub and found two men who had just been in a fight, investigators said. One of the men was suffering from head trauma and was transported to a hospital where he later died.

The other man, a 19-year-old, was taken into custody and was being questioned by investigators.

The victim, a 51-year-old man, was not immediately identified.

Both men were leaving the nightclub when the fight broke out, according to Houston police. The two men may have been related, investigators said.

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