Fort Worth police share video of 2 officer-involved shootings
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New video shows the frightening moments as neighbors scrambled for safety during an officer-involved shooting in East Fort Worth. Following that shooting, there was another deadly shooting just hours later also involving officers.
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Fort Worth Police Department shared video on Friday of two shootings on May 16 that involved police officers.
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What's new:
Police Chief Eddie Garcia provided an update on the police shooting and shared dash or body camera video with the media during a news conference on Friday morning.
You can watch that news conference in the video player below.
The backstory:
The two fatal officer-involved shootings happened in the early morning hours of May 16.
The first was in the 4200 block of Wiman Drive. Officers were responding to a call about gunfire and arrived to hear more shots being fired.
They allegedly approached a man holding a gun. Police said the officers ordered him to drop the weapon, but he ignored their commands and instead pointed the gun at the officers.
At least one officer fired shots at the suspect, killing him. No officers were injured.
Map of Fort Worth OIS scenes overnight May 16
Police said the second incident happened while police were still investigating the first.
Officers saw a white SUV speeding past them several times around 4:15 a.m., and at one point the driver appeared to be trying to hit the officers as they stood near their patrol cars.
The driver reportedly did not listen to officers who tried to stop him and sped away. After a 15-minute chase, the officers forced the driver to stop off Interstate 820 near Lancaster Avenue.
2 suspects dead, 1 officer injured after 2 shootings at same scene in Fort Worth
Fort Worth police are investigating two fatal officer-involved shootings that they say happened back-to-back in the same area Friday night into Saturday morning.
Police said the officers approached the car with their guns drawn and ordered the suspect to comply. Instead, the suspect grabbed a gun from an officer. At that point, multiple officers opened fire, killing the man.
One officer was injured in the second incident and was treated at the hospital.
The Source: The information in this story comes from the Fort Worth Police Department and past news coverage.