Woman arrested after male friend shot in neck in south...

A woman is in custody after a man she was dating was shot in the neck Thursday night in south Houston, police said.

Houston police officers and Houston Fire Department paramedics were called to the shooting in the 11000 block of Forbes Road, south of Hobby Airport, around 8 p.m.

When they arrived, paramedics rushed the man to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his neck, police said.

He is expected to be OK.

The woman, believed to be the shooter, is in custody.

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Houston police Det. Bobby Salazar said the man and woman were believed to be dating.

The woman told police that the man accidentally shot himself while holding the gun, Salazar said. She said the man "became upset about something," then was yelling when the gun "just happened to go off," according to Salazar.

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The woman told police the gun was never pointed at her.

Jasper Scherer contributed to this report.

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