Posted 12/20/2008 07:07:00 PM by Douglas

To protect and serve.

A fight over a policeman’s gun in the parking lot of a topless bar left an officer bruised and a Webster man suffering from a gunshot wound that wasn’t life-threatening, authorities said Thursday.

Bond for Jose Gilberto Barrera Jr., 26, was set at $250,000 on a charge of assault of a peace officer, said Joel H. Bennett, a criminal prosecutor with the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office.

Dickinson police officer Michael Henson was working Wednesday night in uniform at an off-duty security job at a nearby business when he drove through Heartbreakers parking lot at 3200 Gulf Freeway in Dickinson, Bennett said.

Henson saw an altercation about 11 p.m. and stepped out to see what was going on, Bennett said.

“During the investigation, he recovered a controlled substance and a struggle ensued,” Bennett said. “There was a fight over his weapon and the weapon discharged.”

He just happened to be in the parking at 11 p.m. Keeping the parking lots of strip clubs safe for you and me! God bless you boys!