Man found barely breathing dies after shooting at Fort Worth apartments, police say
A man died Thursday afternoon after he was found shot in an apartment parking lot in west Fort Worth, authorities said.
Patrol officers responded to the shooting call shortly after 11:30 a.m. in the 3000 block of Lackland Road.
A caller told police that there was a wounded man in the back parking lot of the Oak Tree Apartments, according to a police call log. The victim had been shot and was barely breathing, according to the report.
Police confirmed Thursday afternoon that the victim died.
He was identified as Terry Tyrone Ross, 27, of White Settlement, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office website on Thursday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at 12:22 p.m. at John Peter Smith Hospital.
Homicide detectives were on scene along with Fort Worth Police Department Crime Scene Unit investigators.
No information was immediately available about suspects or a motive for the shooting.
This story was originally published March 5, 2020 at 12:26 PM.
