One dead and one arrested after fatal west Fort Worth shooting Saturday
A 26-year-old man is dead and another man has been arrested after a shooting in west Fort Worth on Saturday afternoon, according to police.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Cedric Spikes. He died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Marshall Lambert, also 26, faces a charge of murder and is being held on $100,000 bond, according to police and jail records.
Officers responded to the 6500 block of Plaza Parkway, at the Park Villas apartments, for a call about a shooting around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police. When they arrived, the officers found Spikes in an apartment, dead with apparent gunshot wounds.
Police have not released any details of what happened leading up to the shooting.
A police incident detail report, which includes preliminary information for responding officers, included details from a caller who told dispatchers that a friend messaged her to say her son shot someone. According to the report, the friend sent a photograph of a man lying in a pool of blood.
Police said Lambert lived in the apartment complex where the shooting happened.
This story was originally published August 13, 2023 at 2:03 PM.