Man found dead outside apartments in Fort Worth either was shot or fell, police say
A man whose body was found Thursday in an apartment breezeway just north of downtown Fort Worth may have been shot to death or he may have died in a fall from an elevated area in the apartment complex, police said.
The victim died about 2:30 p.m. in the 700 block of North Hampton Street, Fort Worth police said.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday identified him as Trenton Chambers, 20, of Dallas. An autopsy is pending.
Police had not announced an arrest.
About an hour before the North Hampton Street death, a man was shot twice in west Fort Worth during an altercation with another man, police said. The victim was shot in the 2800 block of Las Vegas Trail at the Villas at Sierra Vista apartments.
The victim, 32, was shot in his leg. He was taken to a hospital with a non life-threatening injury and was in stable condition, police say.
Police took a suspect into custody.
This story was originally published June 10, 2021 at 3:46 PM.
