A 28-year-old man faces a murder charge following a fatal domestic violence shooting Tuesday in Fort Worth, police said.
Officers found the woman with a gunshot wound to her head around 9:07 p.m. Tuesday after responding to a shooting call in the 700 block of Post Oak Boulevard, Fort Worth police said in a news release.
The woman was declared dead by medical personnel at the scene, police said.
Detectives determined the woman was shot during a domestic altercation and the suspect fled the residence afterward, police said.
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Shortly after the shooting, Nelson Garcia, 38, was taken into custody in Irving. Police said Garcia contacted police and stated “he had shot the victim.”
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