Fight, shooting at Irving park leaves one man dead, another wounded, Irving police say
A fight at an Irving park escalated into a gun battle Thursday morning, leaving one man dead and another wounded, Irving police said.
No one has been arrested in the case as Irving detectives continued to sort out what happened.
But detectives believe at least five men and women showed up at Mountain Creek Preserve Park, 1005 E. Hunter Ferrell Road, to fight.
“We don’t believe this involved gangs or drugs,” said Irving Officer Robert Reeves in a telephone interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday afternoon. “These people just showed up to fight.”
Irving police responded to several reports of shots fired at the park at about 10 a.m. Thursday.
When they arrived, officers found one man dead in a parking lot.
Detectives determined that a group of men had started fighting at the park when two people pulled out handguns and started shooting.
The body of the 21-year-old victim was found by police near a car that also had been shot several times. His name has not been released by authorities.
Someone then called police to report that they had been at the fight, and a tactical unit responded to a home in the 1400 block of Trinity View Street in Irving.
Three to four people were detained at the home, Irving police said.
As the shooting investigation continued Thursday morning, a 21-year-old man with gunshot wounds was dropped off at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Irving. He had been at the park, but he was not cooperative with detectives, police said.
This story was originally published May 27, 2021 at 12:55 PM.
