Car stops at Fort Worth Whataburger after accidental shooting in vehicle, police say
A man was playing with a handgun in the backseat of a car in south Fort Worth when it accidentally discharged, striking the passenger in the front in the lower back, according to police.
The car stopped in a Whataburger parking lot, police said, and the man who was shot was later taken to John Peter Smith Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. No one was arrested in connection with the incident.
The accidental shooting occurred a little before 12:45 p.m. as the car was heading southbound on McCart Avenue, according to police. Preliminary reports indicated that after the incident, the victim went to a Whataburger in the 3500 block of Altamesa Boulevard and reported being wounded.
There were multiple police cars at the restaurant, and officers were examining a black car as well as interviewing two people in a car that had an Uber sticker on it. Police at the scene and Whataburger employees declined comment Wednesday afternoon.
Officer Buddy Calzada, a police spokesman, said in an email later in the day, “We can tell you that the vehicle did end up stopping at the Whataburger.”
Detectives were able to confirm it was an accidental shooting “after lengthy questioning,” Calzada said.
The man who fired the shot was playing with his personal handgun, according to police.
This story was originally published April 28, 2021 at 1:50 PM.
