A woman was fatally shot in the parking lot of a south Houston gas station after an argument Saturday night.

Cyril Chatman Jones, 33, was arguing with James Lawrence McCarty, 56, shortly after 7 p.m. outside a Valero in the 7500 block of Scott near the South Loop when McCarty pulled a pistol and fatally shot Jones, according to the Houston Police Department.

Emergency responders declared Jones dead at the scene.

McCarty is in jail and charged with murder.

In 2009, he was charged with family member assault for choking a woman with his hands, but the case was dropped at the request of the woman, records show.