Women hurt in Fort Worth road rage shooting say gunman was neighbor who previously threatened them

2 women say they were shot in road rage incident

One of the female victims spoke with FOX 4. She wanted to speak out because she says the man who shot them has been verbally and physically threatening her and her roommate since Monday, causing them to live in fear.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Two Fort Worth women say a road rage incident in their apartment complex led to a series of threats that ended with both of them being shot.

The shooting took place Tuesday afternoon outside the Candle Chase Apartments at Altamesa and Hulen in Fort Worth not far from Fort Worth ISD’s Southwest High School.

Police have someone in custody, but they have not released many details about the case.

One of the female victims spoke with FOX 4. She has stitches in her back and is recovering, but she wanted to speak out because she says the man who shot them has been verbally and physically threatening her and her roommate since Monday, causing them to live in fear.

A Fort Worth woman, who didn’t want her face shown or her name used, spoke to FOX 4 shortly after she was released from the hospital Tuesday evening.

"We were headed to his mom’s house," she recalled. "Down Altamesa near Southwest High School. That is where he opened fire on us."

The woman provided a picture of the bullet fragment that was removed from her back.

She tells FOX 4 she and her roommate were shot inside her boyfriend’s SUV on Altamesa Boulevard near Hulen Street Tuesday just before noon. They say the man who opened fire was someone who had been threatening the women the day before.

"I just was hoping nobody was dying. I was just hoping I was ok," she said. "That’s why I wanted to go somewhere to make sure I wasn’t dying."

The two immediately drove to a CareNow clinic about a mile away and were eventually taken to a hospital.

Video from the scene shows their white Range Rover with windows shattered. The woman says she was shot in the back of the shoulder. Her roommate, who was in the backseat, had a bullet graze her stomach and leg.

Fort Worth police say one person was taken into custody on scene. No other details about the suspect were made available.

"I am just in shock," the woman said. "I am just lucky to be alive."

The victim says the shooter threatened her, her roommate and her boyfriend three times on Monday.

First, they say he got angry with them in the parking lot of the Candle Chase Apartments, and it escalated from there.

"He had banged in my friend’s window in because something about road rage. He broke my friend’s window. And we called the cops, but they got sent back multiple times. But they did nothing," the woman said. "He also waved his gun at them while I was at work. And we called the cops again."

The woman says they called Fort Worth police for each threat. They say officers came out three times.

Doorbell camera video shows police taking a report Monday evening after their third call to police.

The victim tells FOX 4 that neither she nor her roommate ever interacted with this man prior to Monday. They believe he stays at the same apartment complex.

"And he knows where we live, so now I have to move. I am not going back to my apartment. I am not doing that," she said.

The shooting happened near Southwest High School. The school briefly went on "secure status," but it was lifted once officers determined there was no threat on campus.

Fort Worth Crime and Public Safety