Crime Report
A Fourth of July fireworks show ended in gunfire just before midnight Monday, as police say several men fired into a crowd at Fort Worth’s ComoFest in the historic West Fort Worth Como neighborhood. Three people died and eight were injured in the chaos, which attendees said sounded like fireworks. Fort Worth police said “several…
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1/10/23: This story has been updated with new details. Would-be thieves wanted to end 2022 with a bang and a Maserati. Instead, one got shot. The shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 at the Pavilion on Lovers Lane, a busy shopping center in the 5600 block of Lovers Lane near Inwood Road. According…
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Worshippers taken hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville are safe and an armed man, who violently interrupted Saturday’s Sabbath services, was killed after an 11-hour standoff with law enforcement Saturday. The services were being live-streamed for those who did not wish to attend in person due to Covid, when a gunman, shouting…
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Colleyville Police confirm the nearly nine-hour hostage standoff has concluded: “Update at 9:55pm: The SWAT situation in Colleyville is resolved and all hostages are safe. We continue to work in partnership with the FBI to finalize all details.” From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Facebook posts: “Colleyville police are conducting SWAT operations around the 6100…
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On what would have been the sixth day of their trial on federal charges for conspiring to lie to the government-sponsored financial institution, two former Federal Home Loan Bank-Dallas executives reversed course and pleaded guilty to the charges. Terence Carlyle Smith, former FHLB – Dallas President, and Nancy B. Parker, former Chief Information Officer, both…
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