The Brief

A gunman dressed in black opened fire into a crowd near Fort Worth’s Stop Six Park on Saturday night, wounding three civilians, including a child, and injuring a police officer.

One woman is in critical condition after being shot in the head. The injured officer, the child, and a second woman are expected to survive.

The shooter ran from the scene into a nearby apartment complex and remains at large; police are actively investigating and seeking tips from the public.

FORT WORTH, Texas – A gunman dressed in all black fired indiscriminately into a crowd near a Fort Worth park Saturday night, wounding three civilians, including a child, and injuring a police officer whose cruiser was struck by gunfire, authorities said.

The shooter remains at large.

Fort Worth shooting

What we know

Fort Worth police officers responded to the shooting in the 5200 block of East Rosedale Street at 9:10 p.m. Saturday. A large scheduled gathering had been taking place earlier that day at the nearby Stop Six Park.

According to investigators, the suspect emerged from a corner between a business strip center and an apartment complex just east of the park. The suspect opened fire toward a group of people gathered in the area before fleeing back toward the apartment community.

An adult female bystander was shot in the head and transported to a local hospital, where she was last listed in critical condition.

A Fort Worth police officer, who was sitting in a patrol vehicle parked along the street in the path of the gunfire, was also injured. Police said a bullet pierced the cruiser’s windshield, sending shrapnel into the officer’s neck. The officer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

A child was grazed in the head by a bullet and a woman was shot in the hip. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The woman drove herself to a local hospital, while the child was taken by paramedics.

The Fort Worth Police Department’s Major Case unit is actively investigating the incident.

What you can do

Authorities urge anyone with information or video of the incident to contact the Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4222. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477 or online at 469tips.com.

The Source

Information in this article is from the Fort Worth Police Department.