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One person was hospitalized after being shot at an apartment complex in Fort Worth early Sunday, police said.
Fort Worth police officers responded to the shooting shortly before 3 a.m. in the 2000 block of East 4th Street, police said in a statement.
When officers arrived they found one person with a gunshot wound. The person was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
One suspected shooter has been taken into custody, police said.
Police said officers are investigating the circumstances of the shooting.
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One person was shot multiple times early Sunday in south Fort Worth and hospitalized, police said.
Fort Worth police officers responded about 3 a.m. to the shooting in the 1100 block of Oak Grove Road, police said in a news release.
When officers arrived they found a person with multiple gunshot wounds. The person was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
No arrests related to the shooting have been made, police said.
Police said gun violence detectives are investigating the shooting.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
A large crowd of teenagers dispersed outside Urban Air Adventure Park in north Fort Worth after shots were fired in the parking lot on Saturday night, police said.
A large crowd of teenagers who had gathered to try to get into a north Fort Worth entertainment venue dispersed after shots were fired in the parking lot Saturday night, police said.
Fort Worth police officers responded to Urban Air Adventure Park at 9157 Harmon Road on Saturday after a disturbance was reported in the parking lot, police said in a statement.
When officers arrived, there were reports of shots fired, but police did not find anyone with a weapon or identify any suspects.
Officers stayed at the location until the crowd dispersed. No injuries were reported as a result of the gunfire, police said.
Videos circulating on social media show a large crowd of teens pushing forward as they try to go inside the trampoline park. In one video, gunshot sounds can be heard and then people begin running.
No one answered the phone at the business on Sunday morning.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
Police are investigating a shooting that injured one person in east Fort Worth early Saturday, Feb. 7.
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Police are investigating a shooting that injured one person early Saturday in east Fort Worth.
Officers responded to a convenience store in the 3500 block of Miller Avenue near the Texas Department of Public Safety about 1:10 a.m. Someone had reported hearing several shots and screams at that location, according to the 911 call sheet.
While at the scene, officers learned that a person with a gunshot wound had shown up at a nearby hospital, according to police.
No arrests have been announced in the case, and detectives from the Gun Violence Unit are leading the investigation. The injured person is expected to survive, police said.
This story was originally published February 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM.
Rayshard Scott, 5, was killed in an August 2022 shooting at his Fort Worth home. He had just started kindergarten and loved “Sonic the Hedgehog.” He and his 17-year-old cousin, Jamarrien Monroe (right), were shot to death. One defendant was found guilty and another defendant is on trial this week for the second time after a jury previously could not reach a verdict.
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After a jury was unable to reach a verdict in about 18 hours of deliberation in July, prosecutors in Tarrant County are this week retrying a capital murder case in which the defendant is accused of firing 16 rounds from an AK-style pistol into the garage of a house in far northwest Fort Worth, killing two people, including a 5-year-old.
The state’s case against Anthony Bell-Johnson will be built on little beyond grainy surveillance video, detectives’ speculation and questionable cellphone data, the defense forecast to the jury on Tuesday.
“Not one single civilian,” will testify to connect Bell-Johnson to the 2022 killings, defense attorney Gary Smart told the jury in Criminal District Court No. 2 in his opening statement.
Assistant District Attorney Melinda Hogan in the state’s opening statement said Bell-Johnson fired 7.62mm bullets into the garage and has a tattoo to reference the ammunition.
“He does not have 7.62 tattooed on his head,” Smart responded when it was his turn to address the jury. “He has .62 on his head.”
Fifteen ejected cartridge casings were left in the street when, prosecutors argue, Bell-Johnson stopped his fusillade. Rayshard Scott, 5, and the little boy’s cousin, 17-year-old Jamarrien Monroe, were shot to death.
Monroe, Rayshard and three other children were in the garage at a house in the 8500 block of Steel Dust Drive at the time of the shooting on Aug. 28, 2022. The garage door was mostly up. Jamarrien Monroe’s 18-month-old son, Jhacari Monroe, was grazed in the leg.
Jamarrien Monroe was the target, according to authorities. Bell-Johnson and a second shooter, Jay Nixon-Clark, believed that associates of Monroe had fired bullets at a house in which Bell-Johnson’s relatives lived, Fort Worth Police Department homicide detectives concluded.
With Smart, defense attorney Kevin Rousseau represents Bell-Johnson, who is known as One Leg. He uses a prosthetic limb. He lost his leg in a train accident when he was a child.
A jury in January 2025 found Nixon-Clark guilty of capital murder. Bell-Johnson and Nixon-Clark were indicted under a statute that alleges that they intentionally or knowingly caused the death of multiple people at the same time.
Hogan represents the state in the case with Assistant District Attorney Bill Vassar.
On the day of the shooting, Bell-Johnson was 21. Nixon-Clark, who was 16, was certified to be tried as an adult after the case was first filed in a juvenile court. Nixon-Clark will serve 40 years in prison before he is eligible for parole.
In an interview with homicide detectives, Nixon-Clark admitted firing a white Kriss Vector, a unique semiautomatic gun, once. He was then unable to clear the jammed weapon and could not fire again.
Bell-Johnson’s first trial was held in Tarrant County’s auxiliary court known as the In Custody Court.
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
A woman has died from her injuries after a shooting in White Settlement on Friday afternoon, and police are still searching for suspects.
The White Settlement Police Department responded to a call in the 600 block of Meadow Park Drive at around 3 p.m. and found a woman in her 30s with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release.
The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died. Her identity is being withheld until authorities notify her next of kin.
Investigators learned that the shooting happened after two to three male teens or young adults entered the south side of a residence.
As they tried to flee, one suspect standing outside the home pointed a handgun at the woman and shot at her multiple times while the door was still open.
The suspects then ran west on Wyatt Drive. Authorities think they are no longer in the area.
The suspects appeared to be wearing dark-colored clothing, with black hooded sweatshirts and black face coverings.
White Settlement police have released photos of the suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call WSPD Sgt. Steven Person at 817-246-7070, ext. 419.
Cook told the Star-Telegram that three young men — late teens or early adults — went inside a unit at a duplex at that address. There was an altercation, and as the men were leaving, one of them turned around and shot a woman who was inside.
The woman was taken to a hospital and is in critical condition.
The men got into a car about three houses down from the duplex and drove away. Cook could only describe the car as green.
Two nearby daycares were placed on lockdown for about 30 minutes as police investigated.
The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office on Friday charged a southeast Fort Worth game room security guard with murder in connection with the killing of a man with whom he feuded over ownership of a pickup truck.
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The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office on Friday charged a southeast Fort Worth game room security guard with murder in connection with the killing of a man with whom he feuded over ownership of a pickup truck.
The guard, Antwone Polk, was inside the game room lobby, sitting at a desk when, early on Nov. 8, Stevie Jones entered and had a confrontation with Polk, according to a police account.
A few minutes later, Jones left the game room in the 2600 block of South Riverside Drive and walked through the parking lot toward a parked Dodge Dakota that Polk later told a police officer Polk had purchased in the previous hours from a person he encountered on the street.
Jones opened the driver’s side door and began driving toward the exit gate, according to the affidavit supporting Polk’s arrest warrant in which a detective describes game room surveillance camera recordings.
Polk reached under the desk where he was sitting and picked up a duffel bag, the video showed. Polk stood, withdrew a gun from the bag and left the game room, according to the affidavit.
As the pickup drove toward the exit gate, Polk followed alongside the driver’s side on foot while pulling on the door handles. Polk fired multiple rounds into the driver’s side window, according to the affidavit.
Jones, who was 58, died at a hospital on Dec. 12 of complications from gunshot wounds to the left arm and torso. Jones had told police that a female friend took his truck without permission and sold it to a man at the game room. Jones said after he found the truck, he used his keys to get inside and was driving away when the man came outside and shot him.
The woman had told Polk she was the rightful owner of the truck and signed the title over to him, police have said.
In a separate case on Jan. 1, another security guard shot a woman to death at the same game room after she advanced toward him with a “stabbing weapon,” according to police. A police record states that an officer found a screwdriver on the ground next to the woman.
Polk was not the shooter in the Jan. 1 case. Police have not released the shooter’s name and have not made an arrest in that case.
This story was originally published January 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM.
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
An assault suspect who exchanged gunfire with a Fort Worth police officer in 2024 has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, district attorney Phil Sorrells said.
Devoreia Thompson, 34, was pulled over by the officer on May 19, 2024, in connection with a shooting that had occurred the previous night.
Moments after the officer stopped the car, Thompson jumped out and exchanged gunfire with the officer, then fled, according to footage of the incident released at the time.
The officer returned fire and began to give chase, stating over the radio that he might have been hit. Injuries to his arm were in fact caused by broken glass. He was treated at the scene, and later at a hospital, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
Thompson was arrested by a SWAT team in the backyard of a home in the 5500 block of Summit Ridge Trail in Arlington. He was charged with aggravated assault of a public servant.
Lillie Davidson is a breaking news reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She graduated from TCU in 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, is fluent in Spanish, and can complete a crossword in five minutes.
A man who lives at an east Fort Worth house confronted a burglar early Monday and shot the intruder to death when he aggressively approached, police said.
A man who lives at an east Fort Worth house confronted a burglar early Monday and shot the intruder to death when he aggressively approached, police said.
The shooter heard and saw the burglar trying to enter a locked garage on the shooter’s property in the 3400 block of Avenue L, according to Fort Worth police. The homeowner encountered the burglar about 6 a.m. and told him to leave.
The homeowner fired multiple rounds at the burglar, shooting him at least once in the torso, police said.
The burglar, whose name and age the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has not released, walked or ran from the house, collapsed on the sidewalk at the intersection of Avenue L and Bishop Street, and died.
The shooter called 911 to report the encounter and summon medical personnel. He remained at the house and is cooperating with an investigation, police said.
Police have not arrested the shooter.
This story was originally published January 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM.
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
An eyewitness provided a detective with the nicknames of two shooters who she said fired upon a man in an October killing inside a Fort Worth nightclub, and the identification is among the evidence supporting murder, gang and mass shooting indictments in the case, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
The eyewitness knew Patrique Allen, the man who was slain, and was standing near Allen when, she told the detective, she saw a person who she knows as Lil Steppa shoot at Allen. The eyewitness was less certain about the second shooter. She said that he may be a person who she knows as BaBa. The eyewitness later identified photos of the shooters, who police concluded are Akrell Ross and Jason Nash, each from among the images of six people who look similar.
The shooting left a bullet under a couch cushion and ejected cartridge casings in blood under the couch inside Social LIVV, a club on Bledsoe Street in Fort Worth’s West 7th entertainment district.
Allen, an Eastside Gorillas gang member, died in the club. A man and four women who were shot at the same time survived.
Fort Worth Police Gang Unit officers determined that nicknames that were provided by the eyewitness belong to two Crips set members. Nash had been documented as a Glen Garden Hard Head member and Ross was documented as a Five Deuce Hoova member.
An arrest warrant affidavit that the Fort Worth Police Department released on Monday refers to the gang membership of the victim and suspects but does not describe the killing’s precise motive.
Homicide Unit Detective Tom O’Brien obtained a second six-pack photo identification from a surviving shooting victim who identified Nash as the person she watched open fire inside the club.
A third suspect, Lamar Luster, was arrested on suspicion of murder under the law of parties that holds a person criminally responsible for the conduct of another person if the person solicits, encourages, direct or aids the other person to commit an offense.
Video surveillance shows that at 1:38 a.m. Luster spoke to the two shooters and pulled something that looked like a handgun with an extended magazine out of the front of his pants, according to the affidavit.
One minute later Luster was grouped together with the shooters when he appeared to hand the gun to one of the shooters, the video showed.
Allen had a role in two homicides. He was a possible suspect in a third killing, according to a police source.
Six people inside Social LIVV, a nightclub on Bledsoe Street in Fort Worth’s West 7th entertainment district, were shot in October. Three suspects face charges in the shooting. Shambhavi Rimal srimal@star-telegram.com
This story was originally published January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM.
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Two people were injured in a drive-by shooting at a Fort Worth bus station on Friday night, police said.
Officers responded to the shooting near the intersection of East Lancaster Avenue and Sargent Street at around 6:30 p.m., according to online call records.
The two victims told police a car drove up to the bus transfer station on East Lancaster Avenue and someone in the car fired shots, police said.
One victim suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder and the other suffered a gunshot wound to the arm, police said. Both were taken to area hospitals to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Detectives with the Fort Worth Police Department’s Gun Violence Unit are investigating.
Lillie Davidson is a breaking news reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She graduated from TCU in 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, is fluent in Spanish, and can complete a crossword in five minutes.
A woman was fatally shot at a Fort Worth business on New Year’s Day after threatening a security guard with a “stabbing weapon,” police say.
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A security guard in southeast Fort Worth fatally shot a woman on New Year’s Day after she threatened him with a “stabbing weapon,” according to police.
Officers responded to the 2600 block of South Riverside Drive about 5:40 p.m. They found a woman who’d been shot in the chest. Medical personnel tried to revive her, but she died at the scene.
It’s unclear what type of business is at that location. The property is fenced off with a gate.
The security guard told police he and the woman had gotten into an argument after he ordered her to leave the premises and she refused. The guard pepper-sprayed the woman when she started to move toward him.
Instead of backing away, the guard said, the woman grabbed a “stabbing weapon” and advanced toward him. The guard then fired his gun.
Detectives from the Homicide Unit are investigating the shooting. Officials haven’t yet publicly identified the woman, and it’s not clear if the guard will face charges.
This story was originally published January 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM.
Cyanna Boone, was one out of two people fatally shot on Monday, Dec. 29 at Stop Six Park in the 1500 block of Liberty Street.
“Her contagious smile, vibrant personality, and warm spirit made people feel seen and loved. She was outgoing, intelligent, kind, and truly beautiful inside and out,” wrote Chante Williams, the organizer of a GoFundMe page. “Cyanna had a way of bringing joy effortlessly, and her presence left a lasting impression on everyone who had the privilege of knowing her.”
Officers were working on an unrelated disturbance call about 2:15 p.m. when they heard shots coming from the Stop Six Park. When officers arrived they found Boone on the ground with gunshot wounds, police have said.
Boone had “dreams, potential, and her entire life ahead of her,” according to the GoFundMe post organized for funeral expenses.
“Our hearts are broken, and our family and community are mourning the loss of someone who was deeply loved by so many,” her family wrote.
Group fight led to two fatalities
Officers responded to a separate shooting call in the 1700 block of Handley Drive about 2:20 p.m., where officers found a parked car occupied with one person with a gunshot wound, police said.
The victim apparently was shot at the park and drove or was driven to the area near a gas station on Handley Drive.
Boone was one of 15 to 20 people who met at the city park where an argument led to a fight, when an unknown gunman began shooting a handgun at the homicide victims, according to police.
No arrests have been announced in the shootings.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4222. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through Tarrant County Crime Stoppers by visiting 469tips.com or calling 817-469-8477.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
15-year-old Ricardo Acevedo III was shot and killed at a Fort Worth home on Monday Dec. 22, 2025, according to his family and online records.
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The teenage victim of a shooting in far south Fort Worth on Dec. 22 has been identified as 15-year-old Ricardo Casarez Acevedo III, according to his family.
Police responded to a residence in the 7400 block of Snow Ridge Drive about 2:25 p.m. last Monday, officials said. They found Acevedo with gunshot wounds to the upper torso.
Acevedo was taken to a nearby hospital but died while in transit, police said.
Acevedo was described in an online obituary as “a beloved son, brother, grandson, and friend whose presence brought light, love, and meaning to the lives of all who knew him.”
“His smile, gentle spirit, and kind heart left a lasting impression that will never be forgotten,” his family wrote. “Though his time on earth was far too short, the love he shared and the memories he created will live on forever in the hearts of his family and friends.”
The teen wanted to graduate high school early and pursue a trade while also focusing on a music career, according to a GoFundMe for his family.
So far, over $1,500 of the fundraiser’s $6,000 goal has been met, according to GoFundMe.
At the time of the shooting, no suspect had been arrested, Fort Worth police said.
Officials could not be immediately reached Tuesday afternoon for an update on the investigation.
Lillie Davidson is a breaking news reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She graduated from TCU in 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, is fluent in Spanish, and can complete a crossword in five minutes.
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Police are investigating two shootings reported Monday afternoon in east Fort Worth.
More than 30 police cars arrived in the area of a gas station in the 1700 block of Handley Drive after a 19-year-old man was shot about 2:15 p.m., according to the 911 call log.
In a separate shooting case, officers responded to the 1500 block of Liberty Street about 2:30 p.m. after a 911 caller reported that someone was shot at a park in the neighborhood, police call records show.
Police have not yet shared details about what led to the shootings, the conditions of the victims or whether any suspects are in custody.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
A man was arrested after a 24-year-old man was shot on Dec .12 at an apartment complex in west Fort Worth and later died at a hospital, police said.
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A man was arrested after a 24-year-old man was shot Dec .12 at an apartment complex in west Fort Worth and later died at a hospital, police said.
Kareem Hardin, 30, was arrested on an outstanding capital murder warrant related to the shooting, Fort Worth police said in a news release.
Officers found 24-year-old Lawrence Chance Homan, who’d been shot at an apartment complex in the 6400 block of Wildwood Circle. According to police, Homan and a woman had just dropped off another woman at the complex.
Homan was getting ready to drive away about 4:45 a.m., when two people tried to get into his car. One pulled out a gun and shot him. Homan was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital for treatment, but he died a short time later in an operating room, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4222. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Tarrant County Crime Stoppers by visiting 469tips.com or calling 817-469-8477.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
Two people were arrested in the deadly shooting last month that killed a 23-year-old man in Fort Worth, according to jail records.
Two people from Tennessee were arrested in connection with a shooting last month that killed a 23-year-old man in Fort Worth.
Alexis Warner, 22, and Patrick Aaron Taylor, 30, were both arrested on Dec. 11 and each faces a murder charge, Fort Worth jail records show.
Fort Worth police officers were called to the 3800 block of Lauretta Drive shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, police have said.
When officers arrived they found Preston Holmes, who had been shot multiple times in front of the house, police said.
Investigators determined that Holmes was outside the residence when a group of people showed up. Holmes and the group had an argument when somebody pulled a gun and fired several shots at him, police said.
Police said the group left the area after the shooting.
Additional details about the arrests have not been released.
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
A man was critically injured in a shooting Monday morning, Dec. 15, on Seminary Drive, according to Fort Worth police.
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An early morning shooting in south Fort Worth has left a man injured, police said.
Officers responded to the shooting near 3570 W. Seminary Drive at 3:54 a.m. Monday, according to police. The shooting suspect fled the scene in a black Dodge Challenger before officers arrived, police said.
Officers found a man with a gunshot wound when they arrived. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and was in critical but stable condition, according to Fort Worth police. The department’s gang unit will investigate the shooting.
Ciara McCarthy covers health and wellness as part of the Star-Telegram’s Crossroads Lab. She came to Fort Worth after three years in Victoria, Texas, where she worked at the Victoria Advocate. Ciara is focused on equipping people and communities with information they need to make decisions about their lives and well-being. Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system. Email cmccarthy@star-telegram.com or call or text 817-203-4391.
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