26-year-old Fort Worth woman dies in hospital days after she was shot at her home
A woman who was shot and critically injured during an argument at her east Fort Worth home on Dec. 1 died in the hospital five days later.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 26-year-old Jovonna Britt. She died of complications from a gunshot wound in the ICU at John Peter Smith Hospital on Dec. 6. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
Fort Worth police officers responded to an apartment in the 7200 block of Oakline Trail around 9:40 p.m. Dec. 1 regarding a shooting call. They found a woman with a gunshot wound in the neck. The woman had been involved in a verbal argument when “a partially identified” suspect fired at her, police said in an emailed statement.
No arrests have been announced in the case. No other details about the shooting were immediately available.
This story was originally published December 2, 2023 at 3:32 PM.
