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Two Killed in Separate Fort Worth Shootings Over New Year’s Period

Detectives are evaluating preliminary accounts to determine whether either fatal shooting warrants criminal charges.

Overview

  • A man was fatally shot on a walking bridge in the 3400 block of Lake Como Drive on New Year’s Eve after what police described as a verbal and physical altercation with a former partner.
  • Officers detained the woman involved in the bridge incident and took her to a hospital for injuries sustained in the fight, and homicide detectives assumed the case.
  • In a separate incident Thursday around 5:45 p.m., a security guard at a business on the 2600 block of Riverside Drive shot and killed a woman during a confrontation, police said.
  • According to police, the guard pepper-sprayed the woman, she retrieved a stabbing weapon and advanced, and the guard then fired his sidearm; he was detained, is cooperating, and had not been arrested.
  • Victim identities have not been released, with the medical examiner set to provide names, and investigators are continuing to collect evidence and witness information.