FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police are investigating a quadruple homicide Friday night on the city’s south side in which four people were shot inside a car.
In a statement early Saturday morning, police said three people died at the scene. The fourth was taken to a hospital but did not survive his injuries. Homicide detectives are investigating the case as a possible robbery involving drugs.
No arrests have been announced. No names or ages of the victims have been released, though witnesses told the Star-Telegram that they appeared to be young men.
The 911 call came in just before 7 p.m. in the 1200 block of Jessamine Street, near Beverly Avenue, in the Morningside neighborhood.
Police are reviewing home surveillance videos as part of the investigation. They also recovered multiple guns that had been fired at the scene, a police spokesman said.
One neighbor’s security video watched by the Star-Telegram showed a black sports car waiting at the scene for about 15 minutes before a second car — an SUV — pulled up behind it. In the video, a passenger gets out of the first car and enters the SUV. Shortly afterward, shooting starts inside the SUV.
The driver of the first car gets out and looks at the SUV behind him before getting back in his vehicle and driving down the street, the video shows. Then the driver turns around and pulls up next to the SUV. He stops next to it, then drives away before returning one more time and leaving the area.
Witnesses in the neighborhood told the Star-Telegram that they heard multiple shots fired in rapid succession and heard screaming and shouting before and after the shooting.
The dark-colored crossover-style SUV in which the victims were found was parked on the street near a home and had visible bullet holes in the front and rear windshields. Witnesses said they saw several guns inside the vehicle.
A heavy police presence continued in the neighborhood late Friday night, and a wrecker arrived to move the SUV.
Around midnight, a police spokesperson described the investigation as “unique and devolving” and said “we have to use caution before we release any public information.”
The witnesses described a gruesome scene, with some calling the shooting an execution-style attack.
Fort Worth has had 87 homicides this year, according to police, which is almost as many as at this time last year. By Oct. 7, 2021, Fort Worth had seen 89 homicides.
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