Texas Drive-By Shooting: 6 People Including 4 Children Injured at Apartment Complex in Fort Worth

According to authorities, four kids are among the six persons wounded in a drive-by firing at a Fort Worth, Texas, apartment complex.

Children Injured at Apartment Complex in Fort Worth

The circumstances happened around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, with five of the casualties transferred to a hospital while one refused medication, as reported by Officer Brad Perez of the Fort Worth Police Department.

Their present situation has not been revealed, and Perez specified in an email on Thursday morning that the police are still in the process of collecting data regarding the shooting.

While no arrests have been made public, Police Chief Neil Noakes convicted the act, characterizing it as "stupid" and conveying his antipathy at the attack.

"Noakes expressed his anger, stating, 'It makes me angry, I am mad.' He emphasized that there is absolutely no justification for such violent, reckless, and heartless behavior that results in children being shot," Noakes said.

He further guaranteed the public that the firing seemed to be isolated circumstances, with no continuing threat to the community.

Perez detailed that the casualties' ages ranged from 3 to 19 years old and that they were shot by someone in a passing vehicle while they were outside the apartment complex.

Perez also noted that the police have yet to find out the accurate ages of all the injured persons.

The Fort Worth Police Department verified that a suspect vehicle was seen passing by the location, from which one or more persons fired shots toward all victims present.

The investigation, led by the Gun Violence Unit, is ongoing, and authorities are actively seeking the suspect vehicle and any suspects involved.

Anyone with data is pressed to contact the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4222, with the choice to give tips unknown.

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Police Officers Help Save Injured Child in a Drive-By Shooting

According to police information, a child was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting on December 13, 2023 night in Longmont, Colorado.

The circumstances happened in a mobile resident park situated in the southern part of the city, with no detentions made thus far.

The suspect or suspects, driving a dark-colored sedan, fired shots into a home at 8:01 p.m. in the Countryside Village Mobile Park, located on the 1400 block of South Collyer Street.

The front entryway of the home was boarded up on Thursday morning, with holiday lights still adorning the front roof.

The casualty, a 3-year-old girl, sustained a torso wound from what police termed as an "unidentified projectile." Quickly medical attention was given by responding police officers and other first responders.

She was afterward transferred to the hospital, where she underwent surgery. Authorities acknowledge the immediate actions of the first responding officers for possibly saving the child's life.

Persons with any data pertinent to the inspection are urged to contact either Detective Sloan-Stogsdill at (303) 651-8544 or Detective John Winship at (303) 774-3698.

Additionally, Longmont police are looking for any available video footage from homes in the vicinity that could help in determining the suspect(s) or their vehicle.

Donations for the girl's family are being accepted through the Longmont Emergency Fund, as stated by the Longmont police department.

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