Man identified in fatal shooting near Fort Worth Walmart

Homicide detectives on Wednesday were investigating the death of a man who was found lying on a street east of downtown with a gunshot wound late Tuesday.

Officials with the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Branden Scott Cornell, 25. Authorities did not have a hometown for Cornell, but public records indicate he had lived in Euless.

Cornell was found at Beach Street and Airport Freeway just outside a Walmart shortly after a shooting was reported at about 11 p.m.

Customer Angelica Narvaiz of Fort Worth said on Wednesday that customers panicked.

“I heard people screaming in the parking lot,” said Narvaiz, who was in the store Tuesday night standing near a cash register with her 1-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. “An employee walked to the front doors and then she came running back yelling, ‘There’s someone with a gun. Everyone needs to get to get the back of the store’.”

Narvaiz ran to the back of the store carrying her children and hid in an employee locker room. She estimated about 15 employees and 15 customers were with them.

As of Wednesday morning, no one had been arrested and there was no suspect information, police said.

Officers found Cornell lying on the ground with the gunshot wound at 3851 Airport Freeway. He was taken to local hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived.

This story was originally published July 15, 2015 at 8:15 AM with the headline "Man identified in fatal shooting near Fort Worth Walmart."