Crime

SWAT team finds shooting suspect thought to be barricaded at Fort Worth building gone

Editor’s note: This breaking story has been updated.

Police believed that the suspect in a shooting in Fort Worth may have been barricaded on Wednesday night after the violence at an apartment building, but found after five hours that the assailant was gone.

The victim was shot about 4:15 p.m. in the 3800 block of Great Oak Road at the Palo Alto Apartments, a Fort Worth police spokesman said.

A caller to 911 reported that her father had been shot. The shooter is possibly a relative of the victim, the spokesman said.

The victim was not seriously injured, was treated at the scene and not taken to a hospital, a MedStar spokesman said.

About 10 p.m., police said that its SWAT team had determined that the suspect was not at the scene.

This story was originally published November 11, 2020 at 9:32 PM.

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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