Fort Worth shooting leaves 29-year-old man dead
FORT WORTH, Texas - One person is dead after a shooting in Fort Worth late Saturday night in the city’s popular West 7th entertainment district.
Police said officers were called to the 2900 block of Crockett Street, where two people got into a fight just after 10 p.m.
Investigators found that one person pulled out a gun, opened fire, and then ran away.
Paramedics tried to revive the gunshot victim, identified as 29-year-old Bryson Rodgers, but Rodgers was pronounced dead at the scene.
It's unclear if Rodgers knew the person who shot him.
Police are looking for witnesses while searching for the shooter. Fort Worth police said they’re following up on several leads, but right now, no one is in custody.
Detectives are asking anyone with video or information about the shooting to contact police or share a tip anonymously through CrimeStoppers of Tarrant County.
FOX 4 spoke to people walking around the area Sunday. They said the increase in violence does make them concerned to go out at night.
"It’s just sad, why do we ever have to come to that?" Joe Kaminski said.
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People said they feel safe for the most part during the day.
"Once I come out here in the nighttime, you just have to keep your whereabouts and know exactly what you’re doing," Ysrael Placencia said.
Placencia lived in one of the apartment buildings on Crockett Street.
"I moved out. I heard one too many gunshots and I was like, ‘I’m out, I don’t want to be here anymore,’" she said.
Last September, TCU student Wes Smith was killed in an apparent random shooting outside a bar in the same area.
The shooter, 21-year-old Matthew Purdy, was arrested and charged with murder.
"They’ve increased police enforcement. I’ve seen police officers coming up and down the streets now more than I’ve seen in the past," Placencia said. "Unfortunately, I’m thinking of going somewhere else rather than here because you don’t feel as safe as it used to be."