FORT WORTH, Texas - One person was killed, and five others were injured early Sunday in a shooting inside the Social LIVV bar in Fort Worth, police said. Investigators say this shooting is possibly gang related.
Fort Worth Bar Shooting
What we know:
Fort Worth Police Department officers were dispatched to the 3000 block of Bledsoe St. around 1:40 a.m. after receiving a report of a shooting.
When they arrived, officers found a deceased male inside the business with apparent gunshot wounds to his upper torso. He has been identified as 31-year-old Patrique Allen, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office.
Five additional victims were also shot, police said. They were either taken by ambulance or self-transported to area hospitals. All five surviving victims are expected to survive. Their conditions were not released.
Homicide detectives found that "unknown suspects fired handguns, striking the deceased victim and the additional shooting victims inside the business in what appears to be an unprovoked shooting," the department stated.
The suspect or suspects ran from the scene immediately after the shooting and before police arrived. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
Police said the shooting appears to be gang-related, though they cautioned that the investigation is preliminary and the nature of the incident is subject to change.
According to Dallas Police, the TABC license for Social LIVV has been suspended for seven days.
What we don't know:
There are no suspects in custody at this time.
The Source: Information in this article is from the Fort Worth Police Department.