Overview
- Fort Worth police say officers located a suspect who had removed an electronic ankle monitor and pursued him to the 9000 block of the South Freeway on the city’s south side.
- The encounter, which police said occurred Saturday night, ended after the suspect pulled a handgun and officers fired; the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene and no officers were injured.
- Chief Eddie Garcia and department spokespeople confirmed the suspect had been monitored in a sexual assault of a child case but police have not released the suspect’s name or other personal details.
- Police provided on-scene medical aid and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will formally identify the deceased and determine the cause of death.
- The department says it will hold a news conference likely next week and typically releases body-camera footage at that briefing, which will shape the public and investigative record in the coming days.