Man fatally shot through motel room door in Fort Worth’s Northside, police say
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot at a motel in Fort Worth’s Northside early Sunday, according to the Fort Worth Police Department.
Around 6 a.m., officers responded to a shooting call in the 2900 block of North Main Street. They found the victim inside his motel room with at least one apparent gunshot wound. Medical personnel soon arrived and pronounced the victim dead on the scene, police said.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Joey Jay Salinas and said he died from a gunshot wound to his back.
Homicide detectives learned that the suspect arrived at the location with several other people and knocked on the victim’s door. A witness answered the door, followed shortly by the victim, police said.
Salinas and the suspect spoke briefly and the victim closed the door. Police said the suspect then returned to the vehicle he arrived in and retrieved a handgun from either the vehicle or its occupants.
Returning to the door, the suspect fired multiple shots though the door that struck the victim, police said. After the shooting, the suspect and others fled the scene in the vehicle.
Shortly afterward, police said the suspect and other vehicle occupants were spotted at a nearby business. Officers responded and arrested the suspect, along with detaining the other occupants.
The suspect was booked into jail after being interviewed and faces a murder charge, police said. Jail records identify him as 18-year-old Ariel Herrera.
The case was one of two homicides Fort Worth police investigated early Sunday. In the other case, a woman was killed in a shooting in the 1800 block of East Robert Street, police said.
This story was originally published August 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM.
