Shootout at Fort Worth Backyard Gathering Kills Two and Injures Two
Police say the exchange followed an intervention in a fight and detectives are asking the public to provide tips to support an active investigation.
Overview
- Fort Worth officers responded to a shooting on the 4300 block of Martin Street after a large backyard gathering where a fight broke out between a man and a woman.
- A second man intervened in that dispute, police say, and the confrontation between the two men escalated until both produced firearms and fired.
- Four adult men were shot in total; paramedics and investigators pronounced two men dead at the scene, including the man who intervened.
- The two other wounded men were taken to local hospitals, and police say one of those hospitalized men is the other shooter; no names have been released.
- Fort Worth Police are treating the case as an active investigation and ask anyone with information to call 817-392-4222 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477, with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner set to release victims’ identities after next-of-kin notification.