Teen shot in apparent Fort Worth road rage incident not expected to survive, police say
Fort Worth Police are investigating an apparent road rage shooting that unfolded late Saturday night in the southeast part of the city.
Officers responded along Mansfield Highway near East Seminary Drive around 11:40 p.m. Fort Worth Police said officers from Forest Hill were already on scene with a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital for treatment, but officers said he is currently listed in critical condition and is not expected to survive.
CBS News Texas learned from an affidavit tied to the incident that the victim is 17 years old and is no longer showing brain activity. He has not yet been identified as of publication.
Officers said they learned that people in two separate vehicles were involved in some type of altercation at the intersection of Mansfield Highway and Seminary Drive. Both vehicles traveled west on Seminary Drive where officers say at one point, someone in the suspect vehicle shot toward the victim's vehicle, hitting the victim who was in the front passenger seat. The victim's vehicle pulled into a nearby business while the suspect vehicle left the area.
An investigation is still ongoing. Officers believe the shooting is an isolated incident.
The arrest affidavit CBS News Texas reviewed revealed that officers had arrested 41-year-old Jose Alfredo Camargo Madrigal. Madrigal, per the affidavit, was the front passenger in the suspect car, a Chevy Avalanche driven by his son. They were reportedly pulled over by Fort Worth Police after failing to stop at a stop sign later that morning, with the department confirming the vehicle was used by reviewing license plate reading cameras and by flying over the family's home minutes prior to the traffic stop.
Fort Worth Police said Madrigal admitted to the shooting and told officers that the gun, a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun, was located at his home. Officers said they found it there. Madrigal also reportedly said the shooting stemmed from a collision both the Avalanche and the victims' vehicle was involved in.
Madrigal is now charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and he was also eventually charged with murder; Fort Worth Police told CBS News Texas the department was able to add that charge because the victim is not expected to survive and is not showing brain activity. As of Tuesday, Madrigal remains in the Tarrant County Jail under a $200,000 bond.
Fort Worth Police ask anyone with more information to reach out to the department.