18-year-old woman killed in shooting outside Don’s Seafood in Fort Worth
An 18-year-old woman was killed in a shooting outside a restaurant in southeast Fort Worth on Friday afternoon.
Jenny Rosales was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead in the parking lot of Don’s Seafood, at 5109 Wichita St., about 4:40 p.m. Friday, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Officers responded to a 911 call about the shooting about 4:15 p.m. Witnesses told police that the shooting occurred after two parties apparently disagreed about exchanging car insurance information following a minor accident.
A woman who was involved in the accident pulled out a handgun and pointed it at several people as she tried to leave the scene without providing her insurance info, several witnesses told police. The suspect fired her gun and shot the victim, police said in a news release.
The suspect is identified in jail records as 47-year-old Laterica Johnson. She left the restaurant parking lot, but she called 911 and waited for officers at another location, police said.
Investigators found the gun in Johnson’s car, and she was taken into custody, police said. She was booked into the city jail on Saturday night and faces a murder charge.
Jenny Rosales’ brother, Fernando Rosales, organized a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral expenses.
Jenny “was so young, full of joy, very hard headed and stubborn but I admired that most from her,” her brother wrote. “She was fearless and wasn’t afraid of anything or anyone and I believe that was her greatest asset. Brave till her last moments protecting her own and her partner.”
The shooting was one of three homicides that Fort Worth police investigated on Friday.
In another shooting Friday night, a college student from India was killed during a reported robbery at a gas station, Indian media outlets reported.
And a 15-year-old boy died Friday in a hospital emergency room from stab wounds in a case that Fort Worth police also are investigating as a homicide. A second person was critically injured in that case.
This story was originally published October 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM.
