Crime

Man fatally shot late Friday outside southeast Fort Worth house, police say

A man was shot to death inside a vehicle Friday night in southeast Fort Worth, police said.

The victim was gunned down at about 9:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Burton Avenue, police said.

The man has been identified as Xavier Laron Westbrook, 26, of Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office website on Monday. Westbrook was pronounced dead at the scene. He died from multiple gunshot wounds.

An assailant was not in custody, police said.

This story was originally published October 26, 2019 at 12:23 AM.

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Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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