1 dead after shooting at house party in NW Houston

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One man is dead after a shooting at a party at a house in northwest Harris County early Sunday.

An argument broke out around 2 a.m. at the party on Hamlet Vale. Some time later, a man who appeared to be in his 40s was shot in the chest, officials said.

He was taken to Cy-Fair Hospital, where he died.

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"There were two or there people wrestling when it became evident somebody had pulled a pistol out," Lt. Lawrence Rush said.

Three people were detained, authorities said.

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