Crime

Assailants knocked on Fort Worth door, shot man when he would not let them in, cops say

A 30-year-old man was grazed in his upper body by a round fired on Wednesday by an assailant at the door of a Fort Worth house, police said.

The victim told police that two or three people knocked about 2:45 p.m. on his door in the 1600 block of East Arlington Avenue. When the victim refused to let them in, one of the assailants fired a shot, police said.

The assailants left and had not been arrested.

The victim was taken to a hospital with a non life-threatening wound, police said.

This story was originally published October 28, 2020 at 10:41 PM.

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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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