{"id":505065,"date":"2026-01-10T01:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505065\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:55:14","slug":"third-deadly-park-shooting-in-two-weeks-alarms-fort-worth-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505065\/","title":{"rendered":"Third deadly park shooting in two weeks alarms Fort Worth neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly shooting outside Springdale Park late Thursday has left neighbors on edge and marks the third fatal incident at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/fort-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Fort Worth<\/a> park in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Residents near the park, located off David Drive in the Bonnie Brae neighborhood, said they were awakened just before midnight by gunfire and emergency sirens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What really woke me up was whenever I heard the sirens and stuff,&#8221; one neighbor said. &#8220;And once the cop came up and actually knocked on our door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another neighbor, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons, said they heard &#8220;two to three gunshots&#8221; followed by a car speeding away.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the victim was found inside a vehicle. First responders attempted lifesaving measures, but the person died at the scene. The victim has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors fear rising violence<\/p>\n<p>Residents said the shooting has left them uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, because you don&#8217;t know who they are shooting at,&#8221; one neighbor said. &#8220;A stray bullet could harm anyone around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others said the park lacks lighting at night and that they often feel unsafe walking in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see people pass by and we don&#8217;t even know if we&#8217;re in danger or not,&#8221; another neighbor said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re carrying. Especially with the park \u2013 there&#8217;s no light at night, no lights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Third deadly park shooting in two weeks<\/p>\n<p>The killing is the latest in a string of deadly incidents at Fort Worth parks. Last week, shootings at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/alisha-browley-arrest-lake-como-park-shooting-fort-worth-new-years-eve\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Como Park<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/two-dead-park-gathering-fight-shooting-fort-worth-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Historic Stop Six Park<\/a> left one person dead, including a 17\u2011year\u2011old.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth police said the three cases are not connected.<\/p>\n<p>Police urge community cooperation<\/p>\n<p>FWPD spokesperson Daniel Segura said officers regularly patrol parks and open spaces, but emphasized that community involvement is critical.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;None of those incidents are related,&#8221; Segura said. &#8220;We understand that they occur where gatherings are happening. We do have officers that constantly patrol all these open areas. But at the end, we also need the public&#8217;s help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police still searching for suspect<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are still looking for the suspect in Thursday night&#8217;s shooting. Anyone with information is urged to contact Fort Worth police.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deadly shooting outside Springdale Park late Thursday has left neighbors on edge and marks the third fatal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,1596,7371,7372,8963,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-505065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fortworth","12":"tag-north-texas","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115868318028309934","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505065","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=505065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}