A teenager who shot a security guard at Fort Worth’s The Crescent Hotel last week has been arrested with help from the public, police said on Wednesday.
The juvenile suspect faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to a Fort Worth police report.
A video of the teenager was released by Fort Worth police on Sept. 3 as they searched for the suspected shooter.
The suspect was seen on security video checking car door handles in the parking garage of the hotel at 3300 Camp Bowie Blvd., when security guards approached and told him to leave, police have said.
As the teenager began to walk out of the east entrance of the garage, he pulled out a handgun and fired several times toward the guards, police said. The gunman then ran away from the garage.
One guard was shot in the arm. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, police said.
“We greatly appreciate the community’s assistance with this case and helping us make our city that much safer,” police said in a social media post.
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Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.