Authorities: Man in car fatally shot by security guard

A security guard fatally shot a 37-year-old man inside a vehicle in New Caney, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office.

Neither of the men was identified by the agency, pending notification of next of kin.

Deputies went around 12:40 a.m. Saturday to the 26000 block of FM 1485, where there was a vehicle close to a residential area with a dead man inside, the office said in a release. He had a gunshot wound.

Authorities said a security guard at the property — a 51-year-old man — told them he interrupted a theft as he was carrying out his duties. The two men had an argument that escalated and “the security guard stated he had to resort to deadly force measures to defend himself,” the release read.

He contacted 911, and authorities went to the area and investigated, according to the sheriff ’s office.