Story highlights Fatal shooting followed argument, police say

Cop and victim knew each other

Chicago (CNN) A Chicago judge Thursday ordered a $150,000 bond and house arrest for a police officer charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a man while the officer was off duty.

Officer Lowell Houser, 57, allegedly got into an argument with a man who was moving into a home on Chicago's northwest side on January 2. The argument escalated, and Houser allegedly fired multiple shots at the man, Jose Nieves, killing him.

Nieves, 38, was unarmed at the time of the shooting, police said.

The judge also ordered Houser to turn over his passport and weapons, and to have no contact with the victim's family or witnesses.

Houser was arrested Wednesday, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, which filed the charges against him.

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