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Three Early-Morning Fort Worth Shootings Leave Teen Dead and Two Others Injured

Police detectives from homicide, child protection, gun violence units, specialized teams are probing three early-morning shootings that reflect a rising trend in neighborhood gunfire

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Three separate shooting incidents were reported early Monday morning. A man was killed and two others were injured, and police are investigating all three cases.

Overview

  • Between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. Monday, officers responded to three separate shooting scenes across Fort Worth in far south and north neighborhoods
  • In the first incident, 19-year-old Emiliano Serna was found in front of a home on Avington Way with an upper-body gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene
  • A 10-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the hand during a second call on Burmeister Road and is expected to survive as the Crimes Against Children Unit investigates
  • A third shooting on Ellis Avenue near Meacham Airport left one adult with non-life-threatening injuries and remains under inquiry by the gun violence unit with no suspect identified
  • These incidents follow a fatal July 20 shooting on Gordon Avenue that is still under homicide investigation with the suspect in custody and victim details pending release