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  • ‘Aways making people laugh’: Family mourns 18-year-old killed in Fort Worth crash

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    Daniel Felipe Sanchez, 18, one of the drivers, died at the scene after the crash on I-20 eastbound/Southwest Loop 820 near Bryant Irvin Road about 5:30 p.m., police said.

    Daniel Felipe Sanchez, 18, one of the drivers, died at the scene after the crash on I-20 eastbound/Southwest Loop 820 near Bryant Irvin Road about 5:30 p.m., police said.

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    An 18-year-old man was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office as the victim of a fatal crash Monday evening involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 20 in west Fort Worth.

    Daniel Felipe Sanchez, one of the drivers, died at the scene of the crash on I-20 eastbound/Southwest Loop 820 near Bryant Irvin Road about 5:30 p.m., police said.

    Sanchez turned 18 last month and his family is heartbroken to lose him, Anay Sanchez wrote in a GoFundMe post organized for funeral expenses.

    “Anyone who knew Daniel knows that he always had a smile on his face, was always making people laugh,” the post reads. “Daniel had a dream to paint cars and open up his own paint shop and at a young age was working toward achieving that goal.”

    Police have not released details on how many vehicles were involved and said the investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.

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  • New Spec’s liquor store coming to this Fort Worth neighborhood in 2026

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    Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Fine Foods is coming to west Fort Worth.

    Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Fine Foods is coming to west Fort Worth.

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    West Fort Worth will soon be home to a new liquor store.

    The Texas-based Spec’s Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods is planning a new, 11,000-square-feet store at the northwest corner of the Interstate 30 service road and Chapel Creek Blvd., according to documents from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

    Construction on the new liquor store is estimated at $4 million and will start on April 1, 2026, and should be finished by December 2026, according to the TDLR document.

    There are currently more than 40 Spec’s locations in North Texas — just remember to buy your New Year’s booze before shops close on New Year’s Eve.

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  • Suspect arrested in Fort Worth shooting that killed 24-year-old man, police say

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    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.

    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.

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