{"id":144167,"date":"2026-01-30T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144167\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:02:08","slug":"dispute-over-french-fries-turns-deadly-in-fort-worth-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144167\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispute Over French Fries Turns Deadly In Fort Worth Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Fort Worth man died Wednesday after being shot in the head during an argument over french fries at a West Division apartment complex, police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/man-shot-fort-worth-after-refusing-share-french-fries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fatal shooting highlights how minor disputes can escalate to deadly violence, leaving one man dead and another on the run from authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.apple.com\/place?address=9500+Jeremiah+Dr%2C+Fort+Worth%2C+TX++76108%2C+United+States&amp;coordinate=32.7298235%2C-97.4850443&amp;name=9500+Jeremiah+Dr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:9500 block of Jeremiah Drive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">9500 block of Jeremiah Drive<\/a> around 6:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire. They found an adult male with a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite life-saving efforts by police and Fort Worth Fire EMS, the victim died at a local hospital hours later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators with the Gun Violence Unit said the shooting allegedly stemmed from a gathering of friends. Detectives said the argument began when the victim refused to share his french fries with the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The disagreement quickly intensified. The suspect allegedly drew a weapon and shot the victim before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police have identified the suspected shooter, a resident of the same apartment complex. Officers searched the area and the suspect\u2019s home, but he remained at large as of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDetectives are actively looking for the suspect to speak with him about the incident,\u201d the department said in a statement, per Fox 4 KDFW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police emphasized the shooting appears isolated with no ongoing danger to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office will release the victim\u2019s name after positive identification and family notification. The office will also determine the official cause and manner of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information should contact Fort Worth Police at 817-392-4330. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Tarrant County Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fort Worth man died Wednesday after being shot in the head during an argument over french fries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,48731,118,117,3737,60459,60460,60461],"class_list":{"0":"post-144167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-fire","10":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","11":"tag-fort-worth-news","12":"tag-fort-worth-police","13":"tag-french-fries","14":"tag-gunshot-wound-to-the-head","15":"tag-west-division"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}