Man acquitted in fatal shooting in northeast Houston

A Harris County jury on Wednesday acquitted a man charged with murder in a shooting death last year, a defense attorney said.

Joseph Allen Green, 30, of Crosby, was accused of killing Terry James Griffin after the two had argued on Jan. 21 in the backyard of a residence in the 7100 block of Darien in northeast Houston.

At the time of the shooting, authorities said, the two were among a group of friends when an argument started and turned into a physical confrontation. Green pulled a gun and shot Griffin, 29, several times.

Jurors deliberated for 26 minutes before acquitting Green, who said he was acting in self-defense in the altercation, defense attorney Mark Thering said.