Man shot and killed at east Fort Worth car wash, police say
.jpg "A man died after someone shot him at a car wash in east Fort Worth Monday afternoon, Fort Worth police said.")
A man died after someone shot him at a car wash in east Fort Worth on Monday afternoon, Fort Worth police said.
At 1:56 p.m., police were dispatched to JR Carwash at 5425 Ramey Ave., where they found a man with a gunshot wound to his torso. The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died, Fort Worth Officer Bradley Perez said.
The man was involved in an argument with two people when a third person fired a gun and hit the man, police said. All three suspects got into an SUV and drove away. As of Monday at 6 p.m., the suspects had not been found, police said.
The victim was identified as John Edward Brown Jr., 35, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office website. He died from a gunshot wound to the back.
Homicide detectives with the Fort Worth Police Department were investigating.
This story was originally published April 5, 2021 at 5:23 PM.
