A gas station clerk in Texas has been arrested after firing a gun at a customer for breaking a jar of salsa, authorities said.

Cops from Harris County Precinct 4 responded to a disturbance call at the gas station in Atascocita and reportedly arrested the clerk, identified as 22-year-old Breanna Miranda.

After the customer arrived at the business, Miranda told him that he wasn't allowed in the store and asked him to leave, triggering a heated argument between the two, the New York Post reported.

The man broke the glass jar in a fit of rage and stormed outside. Upset by the behavior, Miranda allegedly followed him outside and confronted him. In the ensuing fight, Miranda reportedly retrieved a handgun from her car and shot at him twice.

Cops haven't identified the victim or revealed if he was injured or taken to the hospital.

Miranda was arrested and booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reportedly remanded to custody at the Harris County Jail on a $20,000 bond.

In June, a teen in Texas was arrested for allegedly fatally shooting a 52-year-old woman at her son's grave. The victim, identified as Yolanda N'Gaojia was visiting the gravesite in Calvary Baptist Church Garden of Memories Cemetery in Killeen when the incident occurred. Cops arrived to find the mother and another person with gunshot wounds. The woman succumbed to her injuries hours later while the other victim survived. The shooter, identified as 17-year-old Christian Lamar Weston, was arrested for murder. The motive behind the shooting was unclear.

Texas ranks second in the eight states to have witnessed the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. in the last 13 years, including the Robb Elementary School shooting where 19 kids and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman named Salvador Ramos.

The spike in careless shootings can be blamed on lax gun control for which lawmakers and the governor have constantly drawn flak. Gov. Abbott signed a reckless permitless carry law in 2021, fanning debates that he placed the interest of the gun lobbyists before the safety of Texans.

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