Fort Worth police fatally shot two men hours apart. Here’s what to know

Two fatal Fort Worth police shootings early Saturday have drawn scrutiny from family members and neighbors, with the father of one man who was killed disputing the official account. The incidents occurred about four hours apart in east Fort Worth, leaving a local rapper and another man dead.

Here are key takeaways:

• The father of 25-year-old rap artist Emmitt Elijah Mayo, known as 88Dub, is demanding justice after his son was fatally shot by Fort Worth police in the 4200 block of Wiman Drive after going to perform at a house party.
• Police say Mayo pointed a gun at responding officers, but his father and witness Billy Kirven dispute that account, saying Mayo had drawn his handgun to defend himself after a dispute erupted over payment for his performance at the party.

• About four hours later, officers fatally shot 29-year-old Jorge Contreras after a roughly 15-minute pursuit on Loop 820, where police said he grabbed an officer’s drawn handgun after his SUV was stopped near the East Lancaster Avenue exit.
• Neighborhood resident Carolyn Green said the shootings followed months of block parties and disturbances that drew hundreds of people, with loud music, gunfire and trash left behind despite repeated calls to police.

• A stray bullet from the Wiman Drive shooting struck Green’s microwave inside her home, which she said stopped the bullet from traveling further and potentially injuring her.
• Kirven, who had known Mayo for more than a decade, said he never heard officers identify themselves as Fort Worth police and questioned why officers did not use other methods instead of lethal force.
• Fort Worth police plan to hold a news conference on Friday, May 22, to share investigation updates, and the department typically releases body-worn camera video within about a week of a fatal officer-involved shooting.

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