3 nurses on vacation tend to victim's wounds after shooting at SW Houston hookah lounge

Three nurses visiting from out of state jumped into action overnight Sunday following a shooting at a hookah lounge in southwest Houston. 

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Police were called out to a shooting at Big J Bar and Hookah next to Ashfordbrook Shopping Center on Bissonnet around 3:30 a.m. 

Responding officers say they found a man with a gunshot wound in his stomach. Three nurses on vacation from New York City were reportedly inside the hookah lounge performing lifesaving measures on the unidentified victim until officials arrived. 

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It's unclear what led up to the shooting, but police are gathering evidence on suspect information, as the building was packed at the time of the incident.