Woman shot, child grazed by bullet in peewee football dispute, Fort Worth police say
The son of a parent involved Saturday in a dispute at a peewee football game outside an east Fort Worth school shot a woman, police said.
A girl was also grazed in the back by a bullet, police said.
The woman was taken in good condition to John Peter Smith Hospital, a MedStar spokesman said. She was shot in the leg, police said.
The child was not taken to a hospital, the MedStar spokesman said.
The woman and girl were fired upon with a handgun at about 3 p.m. near Eastern Hills Elementary, at Shelton Street and Canton Drive. Police did not describe the nature of the dispute.
The assailant was not in custody, Officer Jimmy Pollozani, a Fort Worth police spokesman, said Saturday.
This story was originally published September 14, 2019 at 5:06 PM.
Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram