# Gunshot wounds at 7 Eleven Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076183` · 7/26/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-intentional
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pistol, handgun, revolver
## Employer
- **Name:** 7 Eleven Inc.
- **Location:** 407 FM 1960, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee noticed a person in front of a store with a handgun, acting erratically. The employee left the store and retrieved a handgun from his personal vehicle. On his way back into the store, he was shot in the back of the head by the person. He suffered paralysis from the neck down.

---
*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*