Deadly shooting at Lake Como Park marks Fort Worth's 2nd park homicide this week, authorities say
A person was shot and killed Wednesday evening at a Fort Worth park – the second deadly park shooting in the city this week.
Fort Worth police officers were called just after 6 p.m. to Lake Como Park near Merrick Street, where there was a man on a walking bridge with gunshot wounds to his torso. Fort Worth Fire EMS said the man died at the scene.
According to police, the man and the suspect, a woman, were previously involved in a dating relationship and had a verbal and physical altercation on the bridge. Before the shooting, the woman attempted to have witnesses call 911 after she was allegedly assaulted.
The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office will determine the man's official cause of death.
Police ask anyone with information to contact Fort Worth Police Department homicide detectives at (817)392-4338.