Man Hospitalized After Shootout With Security Guard at Fort Worth Club

A man is in custody after a shootout with a security guard at a Fort Worth club early Sunday morning, police say.

Police were called at about 1:45 a.m. to the Electric Cowboy club at 8740 Camp Bowie Boulevard, where police say a man exchanged gunfire with an armed security officer during an altercation. No one was hurt, police said.

The man surrendered to officers when they arrived.

Police identified the man later Sunday as 26-year-old Neiman Demarcus Battles. He faces charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tampering with or fabricating evidence, unlawful carrying of a weapon, evading arrest and misdemeanor drug possession.

According to police, Battles became ill while in custody. Paramedics then transported him to a hospital in serious condition.

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