A man is in custody for allegedly shooting another man he believed was soliciting children for sexual favors Friday in Fort Worth, police said in a statement Sunday.
Officers responded to the 3700 block of Century Place after receiving reports of an unidentified possibly intoxicated man suspected of “soliciting minor children for sexual favors,” according to the statement.
Police heard a single gunshot as they arrived on scene and called it in to dispatch.
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The unidentified man was taken to a hospital for treatment and is in stable condition as of Sunday afternoon.
Officers then observed someone who matched the suspected shooter’s description near a convenience store in the area and detained him, the statement said.
Investigators learned the man was part of a group of three individuals who allegedly targeted the victim before shooting him in the groin, the statement says.
No further details about the shooting were immediately available.