Teen girl among 2 dead after fight at Fort Worth park, police say

2 killed in Fort Worth park shooting

Two people are dead including a Dunbar High School senior after a fight led to a shooting at a Fort Worth park.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Two people, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed Monday afternoon after a fight broke out at a city park, according to Fort Worth police.

Fort Worth park shooting

What we know:

Officers were responding to an unrelated call around 2:15 p.m. when they heard gunfire coming from the 1500 block of Liberty Street in East Fort Worth.

Detectives believe a group of 15 to 20 people met at the park. Following a verbal altercation, a physical fight broke out, and an unidentified suspect began shooting. 

At the scene, police found a female victim with gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead and later identified her as 17-year-old Cyanna Boone, a senior at Dunbar High School.

A few minutes after the intal call, police learned there was a second victim in the 1700 block of Handley Drive. Officers arrived to find a victim with a gunshot wound inside a parked car. That individual was taken to the hospital but died shortly after arrival.

Investigators determined another person had been in the car with the victim but fled the scene. Police located that individual at a nearby residence and questioned them.

Police believe the two victims were shot during the same incident at the park.

There is no ongoing threat to the public, they stated.

What they're saying:

Jazelle Henderson lives on the block behind the park where the shootings happened.

"I hear boom, boom, boom, boom, boom," she said. "Frequently I hear gunshots but also fireworks. So I had my brain trying to decipher what it is. There were so many of them and toward the end, it slowed down and got kind of erratic. So I realized they were gunshots."

Henderson shared a live recording on her social media account just as the investigation unfolded.

"This is a very strict reminder, children don't meet up anywhere to go fight because you might be there just supporting a friend of yours and you might leave this Earth unfortunately and your family has to deal with this pain," she said.

What you can do:

Although one person was questioned, police said no suspects are currently in custody. 

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4222.

What we don't know:

The motive behind the fight remains unclear, and the identity of the second victim has not yet been released.