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One Man Shot, Killed Outside Bridgeport Medical Lodge, Police Say

One suspect was arrested after a reported fight between the two.

BRIDGEPORT, Texas — Bridgeport police arrested one man Sunday after another man was shot and killed following a fight. 

Officers were called at about 12:42 p.M. Sunday about a fight in progress in the 2000 block of 16th Street, where two men were reportedly fighting physically near the Bridgeport Medical Lodge.

The caller further reported they heard gunshots, police say, with one of the men walking toward the rear entry of the building. 

Upon arrival, officers found the victim injured, police say, and witnesses told officers the alleged suspect fled through the building's rear door. The suspect was quickly found behind the building and arrested. They also found and secured a gun near the suspect. 

After receiving medical treatment from the Bridgeport Fire Department and Wise County EMS, the victim was taken to Medical City - Decatur, where he was pronounced dead at 1:35 p.M., police say. 

Neither the name of the victim nor the suspect has been released as of Sunday evening.

Medical Cannabis Firm Texas Original Opens Its First Permanent Pickup Spot In San Antonio

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Texas Original now operates six brick-and-mortar locations where patients can pick up their prescriptions under the state's medical marijuana program.

Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation, one of the state's three approved medical cannabis suppliers, has opened its first permanent prescription pickup location in San Antonio, officials said Friday.

Located near Alamo Heights, the new storefront at 1464 Austin Highway, Suite 104, will operate 11:30 a.M.-5:30 p.M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Texas Original has three other drop-off points in the San Antonio area, but they're not standalone stores and patients are only able to collect prescriptions once weekly.

"One of the principal deterrents in the past for people [using the state's medical cannabis program] is that they don't want to wait a week to pick up the medication they need," Texas Original CEO Nico Richardson said of its new brick-and-mortar site.

Richardson's company also operates five other permanent pickup stores, which are spread between Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston. The locations aren't walk-in dispensaries, meaning a patient already must be enrolled in the state's so-called Compassionate Use Program to make purchases there.

Texas Original, which has teased plans for a permanent location here since late 2022, has several thousand patients in the San Antonio area, Richardson said. Statewide, nearly 80,000 people have enrolled in Texas' medical pot program, a fraction of the estimated 1.5 million who are eligible, according to the Houston Chronicle.

This week, Texas Original also introduced its first cannabis-enhanced chocolate product. The company advertises its Dark Chocolate Bites as the state's first medical cannabis chocolates made with Rick Simpson Oil, an extract that includes all the cannabinoids, flavonoids, terpenes, proteins and other potentially beneficial compounds found in the cannabis plant.

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