HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Three people were shot in a southwest Houston alleyway on Thursday morning, according to police, who say a nearby officer heard the shots and intervened.

According to the Houston Police Department, the shooting happened on Harwin Drive in the Sharpstown area at about 2 a.m.

Police said it all happened as two officers were pulling over someone, and during that traffic stop, the officers reportedly saw a man start shooting toward a group of people in the alleyway.

HPD said the stop had nothing to do with the shooting -- that the officers just happened to see it unfold.

The department said an officer shot five times toward the guy who was shooting, but he wasn't hit.

"While these officers were on the traffic stop, back in the back of the alley, there is a kind o

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