Crime

Fort Worth convenience store worker wounded in armed robbery Sunday

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A Fort Worth convenience store employee was shot and critically injured during a robbery Sunday morning, police said.

Officers responded to the shooting about 8 a.m. at Stop N Save convenience store at 5053 N. Hampshire Blvd., police said in a statement.

Investigators determined that multiple suspects tried to rob the store and one armed suspect shot the lone employee, police said.

The store employee, who has not been identified, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.

Police said the investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been announced in this incident, which was one of three shootings in the city on Sunday morning.

In a separate shooting about 3:40 a.m. outside a business near Meacham International Airport, one person was killed and two people were injured, according to police.

And three people were hospitalized after a shooting near a bar in east Fort Worth. Officers responded about 2 a.m. to the shooting near The Men’s Club in the 4900 block of Mansfield Highway, police said in a statement.

This story was originally published March 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM.

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Shambhavi Rimal
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
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