Former Southwest High student shot, killed after argument in east Fort Worth
A former Southwest High School student was shot and killed Tuesday night after an argument in an east Fort Worth parking lot, authorities said.
No arrests had been made as of Wednesday.
The ex-student was identified as Keondurick Glasco-Young, 16, of Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website on Wednesday. The teen died at 9:09 p.m. Tuesday at John Peter Smith Hospital.
The teen was shot in the parking lot of OK Food Mart on Meadowbrook Drive at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Police said he suffered a gunshot wound to his upper body.
A witness said that while he was walking into the store, he saw three young men arguing in the parking lot. As he stepped inside, he heard a gunshot behind him. He turned and saw a person lying on the ground, the second man standing next to him and the third running away.
The second man started yelling, “I know who did it!” the witness said. A car driving past slowed down and the second man tried to wave it down, yelling that someone had been shot, the witness said.
Police had not released any information on a motive for the shooting.
Homicide detectives are investigating.
The teen had been a sophomore at Southwest High School during the 2017-2018 school year, according to Fort Worth school district records. He was enrolled at the school in August but never attended class, records show.
This story was originally published February 6, 2019 at 8:16 AM with the headline "Former Southwest High student shot, killed after argument in east Fort Worth."
