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When a Night Out on North Main Street Ends in a Wrongful Death While the Houston Police Department is searching for a shooter who fled the scene in the 6700 block of North Main Street, your family is likely sitting at a kitchen table trying to understand why this happened. When a man is shot multiple times in a parking lot at 2:30 a.m., the criminal investigation focuses on the person who pulled the trigger. Our investigation focuses on the business that failed to keep the trigger from ever being pulled. At Attorney911, we examine these tragedies through the lens of preventability. A bar parking lot in a transitional corridor like the Near Northside is a known high-risk environment, especially during the “last call” dispersal window. If a business like Heights Drive Inn invites the public onto its property to consume alcohol, it carries a heavy legal duty to ensure that the environment remains safe for its customers. When they choose to operate without visible security guards, adequate lighting, or loitering controls, they are essentially rolling the dice with their patrons’ lives. Is a Houston Bar Liable for a Parking Lot Shooting? Under Texas law, a business can be held…