Crime

Man found shot to death in street outside Fort Worth apartment building, police say

A man was shot to death late Tuesday in the street outside a south Fort Worth apartment building, police said.

The victim was fired upon about 10:45 p.m. on East Robert Street near South Riverside Drive, police said. Officers were called there for a shots-fired report involving multiple assailants.

Police found the victim shot dead in the street near the Valley at Cobb Park apartments.

Neither motive nor suspects were known Wednesday, police said.

The victim was identified as Jaylon Emanuel Hardemon, 20, of Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website on Wednesday..

Homicide detectives were at the scene.

This story was originally published October 30, 2019 at 1:20 AM.

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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