Overview
- Police say officers found a man with an apparent gunshot wound in the 2900 block of Ross Avenue after a call about a person with a weapon and the wounded man later died at a hospital.
- Witnesses told investigators the man had been in a verbal and physical dispute and was dragging a woman down the street while holding a machete before a neighbor confronted him.
- Those witnesses said the machete-wielding man approached the neighbor who intervened and that neighbor fired at least one shot; the neighbor remained at the scene and was interviewed by homicide detectives.
- The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will determine the deceased man's identity and the official cause and manner of death, and authorities have not released names or said whether the woman was injured.
- The case is an active homicide investigation that follows several violent incidents in Fort Worth earlier in June and could affect local debate about neighborhood safety and police response.