{"id":1005004,"date":"2026-08-16T19:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1005004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:34:43","slug":"suspect-drove-to-work-after-fatal-fort-worth-road-rage-shooting-affidavit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1005004\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect drove to work after fatal Fort Worth road rage shooting: affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">37-year-old Patrick Lawrence was arrested late Thursday evening in connection to a fatal road rage shooting near Hulen Mall on Highway I-20 in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An arrest affidavit states Lawrence shot LaTaivia Davis once after she began tailgating his car as he entered the highway, and drove to work after the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lawrence was detained at his workplace in Justin as he left for his lunch break. A firearm in Lawrence&#8217;s vehicle matched shell casings recovered on the highway.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>FORT WORTH, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; The suspect accused of killing an Everman ISD teacher&#8217;s aide in a Thursday road rage shooting on I-20 in Fort Worth continued driving to work after the incident, an arrest affidavit states.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth road rage shooting<img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Patrick Lawrence, 37&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kdfw_fox_local_articles_173\/8636dc5cc49b7725c8709a2d4ab56c53.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What we know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fort Worth Police arrested 37-year-old Patrick Lawrence on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He has been charged with the murder of LaTaivia Davis. Davis was killed in a <a data-ylk=\"slk:road rage shooting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/eastbound-interstate-20-shut-down-near-granbury-road-fort-worth-due-active-police-investigation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">road rage shooting<\/a> in the 3700 block of Highway I-20, which is just past the Hulen Mall near Benbrook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Dig deeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to an arrest affidavit, police spoke to witnesses at the scene, who described hearing a loud bang and seeing a blue vehicle with its window down exiting I-20 towards Granbury Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Davis&#8217; red vehicle was found with a bullet hole in the passenger window. Davis had been shot in her upper forearm and was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fort Worth Police cadets were brought in to search for evidence on I-20, and found a single bullet casing near Granbury Road where the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Fort Worth Police recruits search I-20 for bullets&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kdfw_fox_local_articles_173\/594b7cad2d63552c23341e8361619c32.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth Police recruits search I-20 for bullets<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A witness&#8217;s vehicle recorded the incident on its dash camera, and police were able to identify Patrick Lawrence as the owner of the blue Volkswagen involved in the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lawrence was located at his workplace in Justin, and was detained by Fort Worth Police as he entered his vehicle for his lunch break. Officers noticed a handgun in Lawrence&#8217;s driver-side door pocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He told officers that he was leaving work and needed to cross several lanes on South Hulen Street to enter the eastbound I-20 on ramp. As he reached the right-hand lane to enter the highway, Lawrence said a red sedan began to tailgate his vehicle. Lawrence said the red vehicle &#8220;quickly merged left, cutting across the white on-ramp markings to the left of the highway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Bullet hole in Davis' vehicle&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kdfw_fox_local_articles_173\/22f77110fe62f48e28488472aed47dfe.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bullet hole in Davis&#8217; vehicle<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lawrence told police he could not see into the vehicle because the windows were tinted. As the vehicle passed, Lawrence fired one shot into the red sedan&#8217;s front passenger window, immediately exited the highway, and continued driving to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The handgun in Lawrence&#8217;s vehicle matched the bullet casing found on I-20.<\/p>\n<p>Everman ISD teacher&#8217;s aide killed<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The other side<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;LaTaivia Davis (CTSY: The Vision Church of Fort Worth)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kdfw_fox_local_articles_173\/e5eb19804959658d634c296193f47c9b.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LaTaivia Davis (CTSY: The Vision Church of Fort Worth)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LaTaivia Davis was a teacher&#8217;s aide in Everman ISD. The district&#8217;s website says she worked at E. Ray Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In response to questions, the school district shared the following statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Everman ISD is deeply saddened by the passing of a valued member of our staff. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the employee&#8217;s family, loved ones, colleagues, students, and all those impacted by this loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The district said counselors and support resources would be made available to her students and fellow staff members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Davis attended the Vision Church of Fort Worth, which has made several posts remembering her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What&#8217;s next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No bond for Lawrence has been set. He has been booked into the Tarrant County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this story comes from court documents and previous FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief 37-year-old Patrick Lawrence was arrested late Thursday evening in connection to a fatal road rage shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1005005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[140291,5229,402251,7371,26564,7372,402326,402325,51572,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1005004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-affidavit","tag-america","tag-everman-isd","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-police","tag-fortworth","tag-lataivia-davis","tag-patrick-lawrence","tag-road-rage-shooting","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117106866479824070","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}