Fort Worth neighbor kills machete-wielding man who was attacking woman
Fort Worth neighbor shoots, kills man armed with machete
Police said a Fort Worth man shot a machete-wielding individual in a local neighborhood. FOX 4's David Sentendrey has more.
FORT WORTH, Texas - A man who was allegedly attacking a woman was fatally shot by a neighbor in Fort Worth overnight.
What we know:
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in a neighborhood south of Meacham Airport.
Witnesses said a man and a woman got into an argument. The man was holding a machete and dragging the woman down Ross Avenue.
When the woman began screaming for help, a neighbor came outside and tried to break up the fight.
Police believe the man with the machete approached the neighbor, who shot him.
The man with the machete died at the hospital.
The neighbor remained at the scene to talk to detectives. At this time, no arrests have been made.
What we don't know:
Police have not yet released the names of anyone involved in the shooting.
What they're saying:
"We don’t even know his name — we call him The Squatter."
Neighbors who live near where the incident occurred said the man who was killed had been living outside the back of the home, and would climb over the house's fence on a makeshift ladder to reach where he was staying.
"He shouldn’t be there. We’re trying to keep the neighborhood nice. He’s having homeless people, drug users, go in and out of there," Nicole Flores told FOX 4's David Sentendrey.
They described seeing the machete before tonight's incident.
Deadly Fort Worth shooting on Ross Ave.
A fatal shooting brought an end to an attack on a woman in northwest Fort Worth overnight.
Angie Gonzales says neighbors had reported the man to the police, but nothing had changed. "That guy’s been a pain in our a** since he’s been here."
Gonzales said the man who shot and killed the machete-wielding individual is a "good man."
"I’m upset that had to happen to my neighbor because, I mean, he has kids and a wife. No telling what they saw that they shouldn’t have," Flores said.
The Source: The information in this story comes from the Fort Worth Police Department and officers at the scene.