Fort Worth man died from multiple gunshot wounds in murder on north side, police say
A Fort Worth man has been identified as the victim in a murder earlier this week. His body was found Wednesday on a couch near a business in north Fort Worth, authorities said.
The man was 59-year-old Marcelino Rudy DeLaRosa, according to the website of the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday.
DeLaRosa died from multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
Fort Worth police have not released many details nor identified a motive or suspect in the slaying.
Relatives of DeLaRosa could not be reached Friday.
His body was found just after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 2500 block of Ephriham Avenue. The address is listed as discount store.
Fort Worth police were flagged down by a resident who reported that a man lying on a couch near the building appeared to be dead.
Patrol officers located the victim.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a MedStar spokesman.
Homicide detectives are investigating.
