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Commuter Shot on Fort Worth Train; Suspect in Custody as Service Resumes

Police and transit officials coordinated medical aid and security measures while commuters were rerouted and investigators seek to determine a motive

An archive photo of Fort Worth Central Station, the bus and train transfer center at 1001 Jones St. in downtown Fort Worth. Police are investigating a reported shooting there on Thursday, July 3.

Overview

  • A man opened fire on a Trinity Railway Express train arriving at Fort Worth Central Station around 11 a.m., wounding one passenger in the leg
  • Fort Worth officers boarded the train, took the suspect into custody, and transported both him and the injured passenger to a hospital
  • No other riders were harmed during the incident, and the suspect remains hospitalized under police guard
  • Trinity Metro deployed a bus bridge from Central and T&P stations to Trinity Lakes to maintain service continuity as partial rail operations resumed
  • Investigators continue to probe the circumstances of the shooting with no confirmed motive or known connection between the suspect and victim