2 injured in separate Christmas Eve shootings in Fort Worth, police say
A man was shot at a home in east Fort Worth Wednesday morning, police said. Another person was shot in a separate incident on Hemphill Street, police said.
Officers responded to a shooting on the 5200 block of Nell Street about 5 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot, police said.
The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Police did not share further details about what led to the shooting.
Second shooting
At about 6 a.m. officers went to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth after receiving a 911 call about another shooting, police said.
When officers arrived, they met a person with a gunshot wound. Officers determined that the shooting occurred in the 4800 block of Hemphill Street, police said.
Police said the person who was shot and another person were walking along Hemphill Street when someone in a black sedan fired at them, hitting one of them, before driving away north on Hemphill Street.
Police did not provide any information about the person who was shot. The person is expected to survive, police said.
Police said gun violence detectives are investigating the shootings. No arrests have been announced in either incident.