A man was shot late Wednesday by one of several people he tried to rob in east Fort Worth, according to a WFAA-TV report that cited a police account.

Police officers found the man who was shot after they were called about 11 p.m. to an apartment complex in the 6000 block of White Dove Drive by a person who reported the injury.

The man who was shot was taken to a hospital. A Fort Worth police spokesperson did not release the man’s condition.

The attempted robbery suspect and victim exchanged gunfire, according to the WFAA report.


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Emerson Clarridge

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.