Man shot, killed on Crockett Street in West 7th area; Fort Worth police search for suspect
A man died after he was shot in the 2900 block of Crockett Street in the West 7th entertainment district in Fort Worth about 10:15 p.m. Saturday night, and police are searching for the shooter.
Paramedics with MedStar and the fire department were seen treating the victim on the sidewalk. Medics performed CPR on the man and appeared to bandage his chest and side before he was taken to a local hospital. Police told the Star-Telegram in an email that the man died of his injuries.
Fort Worth police officers responded and were searching for the shooter. One officer said the suspect was believed to have left in a car, and police said in the email the suspect was still at large. There was a large police presence in the area.
Police said the shooting came after “an altercation” outside a business on Crockett Street. About five shots were heard.
Erin Lacey, a bartender at Mash’d restaurant near where the shooting happened, told the Star-Telegram that after the shots were fired, she saw a man with a gun run away from the shooting scene toward Foch Street and then run back toward Norwood Street.
Witnesses were told to stay indoors while police investigated. Police advised businesses in the area to keep people inside and away from the windows, but customers and employees were allowed to leave around 11 p.m.
Fort Worth police routinely patrol the West 7th area at night. The City of Fort Worth boosted police presence in the entertainment district last fall after a shooting that killed TCU student Wes Smith outside a bar on Bledsoe Street in September. Police arrested 21-year-old Matthew Purdy, who they say admitted to shooting Smith, a stranger to him, without providing any clear reason why.
City leaders also unveiled plans to limit the concentration of bars and clubs in the area, create a West Seventh ambassador program like the one downtown, add more street lights, implement safety training for bar staff and use off-duty police officers to check patrons for firearms.
Fort Worth also contributed $50,000 to a $150,000 safety study looking at the city’s entertainment districts, which, in addition to West 7th, includes the Stockyards, Near Southside, and downtown.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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