Officers have reported the shooting took place at 11pm local time (5am BST) as the most powerful parts of the storm near the city.
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast on Friday as a Category 4 storm – bringing life-threatening winds and the likelihood of catastrophic flooding as the most powerful storm in over a decade hit the US mainland.
The hurricane arrived on the coast northeast of Corpus Christi around 10pm CDT (4am BST) with maximum winds of 130mph.
The storm is expected to move slowly over the Texas and Louisiana coasts for days, with forecasts for storm surges of up to 13 feet and over 3 feet of rain.
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