Fort Worth girl, 16, fatally shot in head

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FORT WORTH — Police are continuing their investigation of a suspected gang-related shooting Saturday night that left a 16-year-old girl dead.

Police said the victim, Zuly Ledesma, had been riding in a vehicle with her boyfriend, the apparent intended target of the shooting, when she was shot shortly after 11 p.m.

According to police, Ledesma and her boyfriend had been traveling westbound on Seminary Drive and stopped at a red light at the south entrance of La Gran Plaza, formerly known as Town Center mall.

A vehicle occupied by at least four to five people, pulled alongside in the left turn lane and began yelling at Ledesma's boyfriend, police said. The boyfriend was attempting to drive away, when someone in the suspect vehicle opened fire at his car, striking Ledesma once in the head, police said.

The boyfriend drove about a block, pulling into convenience store parking lot where emergency crews were summoned. Ledesma was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. Sunday.

No arrests had been made as of Monday morning, police said.

DEANNA BOYD, 817-390-7655

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