Crime

56-year-old Arlington woman shot to death in east Fort Worth home, authorities say

A 56-year-old Arlington woman died at a hospital early Thursday after being shot at a home in east Fort Worth, Fort Worth police said.

No one has been arrested.

The woman has been identified as Janice Y. White of Arlington, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday. A ruling on her death is pending an autopsy.

She was pronounced dead at 3:18 a.m. Thursday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The shooting was reported just after 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the 6900 block of Sunflower Circle North in Fort Worth.

Fort Worth officers found a woman inside of the home with a gunshot wound to her lower body.

The woman was taken to a John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth where she later died, Fort Worth police said.

Fort Worth police did not release any information on a motive for the shooting.

Homicide detectives are investigating.

This story was originally published December 23, 2021 at 8:54 AM with the headline "56-year-old Arlington woman shot to death in east Fort Worth home, authorities say."

Domingo Ramirez Jr.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Domingo Ramirez Jr. was a breaking news reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and spent more than 35 years in journalism.
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