Crime

Police search for shooter after father, son killed in double homicide at Fort Worth home

Crime-scene tape outside a Fort Worth home where a father and his adult son were killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning, June 4, 2024.
Crime-scene tape outside a Fort Worth home where a father and his adult son were killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning, June 4, 2024. nlopez@star-telegram.com

A father and son were killed in a shooting at their house in northwest Fort Worth early Tuesday morning, and police are searching for suspects.

Officers responded to the 3800 block of North Elm Street shortly after 2 a.m. and found the two shooting victims inside the home, police said in a news release.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 24-year-old Jaime Francisco Reyna and 46-year-old Jaime Ignacio Reyna.

Police confirmed that the victims were father and son. They were both residents of the house where they were shot.

The older man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the younger man died after he was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital. They both died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner.

Homicide detectives learned that there was an altercation inside the residence between the victims and an unidentified suspect or suspects when gunshots were fired.

The shooter or shooters left the scene in an unknown direction. No arrests have been made.

This story was originally published June 4, 2024 at 9:25 AM.

Amy McDaniel
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Amy McDaniel edits stories about criminal justice, breaking news and education for the Star-Telegram.
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