Published 2 hours ago •
Updated 2 hours ago
Metro
A driver was arrested early Wednesday in Fort Worth following a traffic stop that led to SWAT officers being called, police say.
According to police, officers began chasing a vehicle at about 2:15 a.m. after its driver didn t immediately stop. Officers followed the vehicle along southbound U.S. Route 287 as it continued slowly onto the East Berry Street exit towards Burton Avenue.
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At one point the vehicle crashed into a Fort Worth police cruiser, a police spokesman said. The crash occurred at a slow speed and no one was hurt.
Published 1 hour ago •
Updated 53 mins ago
NBC 5 News
Three people are confirmed dead in a shooting at an apartment home early Tuesday in Fort Worth, police say.
Fort Worth police spokesman Buddy Calzada confirmed officers were called at 12:14 a.m. to a domestic incident at the Life at Westland Estates apartments in the 2900 block of Jonah Drive, on the city s west side.
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Officers found three people dead in what they suspect is a case of murder-suicide, police said.
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this is, obviously, something we don t do a lot when we are here assist assisting. they are obviously very involved in this incident right now. i wanted to make sure i could get you guys some details as quick as i could. i apologize there s not a lot, but that s what i can 100% tell you right now. was there police dogs on the scene? is is there still a possible danger on the scene? those are fort worth fire department bomb dogs. that is a precaution. we do not believe that there is a threat, but we are going to do everything we can to make sure that 100% everything is safe. are are you saying you have confiden confidence? fort worth pd are actively
obviously, something that we don t do a lot when we are here assisting another agency for the public information aspect. involved in this incident right now. i wanted to make sure i could get you guys some details as quick as i could. i apologize there s not a lot, but that is what i can 100% tell you right now. [inaudible] police dogs on the scene about 15 minutes ago. is there still possible danger on the scene? so i can tell you those are actually fort worth fire department dogs. that is a precaution. we do not believe that there is a threat, but we are going to do everything we can to make sure 100% everything is safe. [inaudible] in place right now so no one s allowed to leave [inaudible] fort worth pd are actively talking to them about what happened, what they saw, getting
witness statements. all right. as soon as i can get something, i ll try to get back to you guys. ill send it out on our twitter i ll send it out on our twitter, i ll let you know exactly what time, and i will try to get them to get a written statement out as soon as they can. thank you. laura: you ve been listening to a news conference with the following, the developing situation just outside of fort worth, texas. this is a suburb, white settlement, a suburb of fort worth where there has been a shooting at a texas church there on a sunday morning. the first 911 call coming in just before 10 a.m. local time at the church of christ. multiple people have been shot. the officials there saying that several people were taken to hospital in critical condition. we heard the mention of fort worth pd, white settlement pd, that s the suburb. k-9 units with the bomb squad coming in as a precaution, and we will get more information as