{"id":237335,"date":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237335\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","slug":"man-shot-in-groin-after-allegedly-asking-kids-for-sex-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237335\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Shot In Groin After Allegedly Asking Kids For Sex \u2013 Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man allegedly shot a suspect asking kids for sex, and in a separate incident, a teenager was killed in an accidental shooting at an apartment complex, the Fort Worth Police Department reported.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/3700+Century+Pl,+Fort+Worth,+TX+76133\/@32.6525225,-97.3748591,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x864e6dc76069fd85:0xa028c2217153137c!8m2!3d32.6525225!4d-97.3722842!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3700 block of Century Place<\/a> in South Fort Worth at 11:43 p.m. Friday after reports of an intoxicated man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/fort-worth-man-identified-shooting-child-solicitation-suspect\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">propositioning<\/a> children for sexual favors. As the first units arrived, they heard a single gunshot and spotted a man matching the suspect\u2019s description walking near a convenience store toward nearby apartments.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators learned the man had been shot in the groin by a group of three people. One of them, Marckus Renfro, was detained at the scene and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to Tarrant County jail records.<\/p>\n<p>Renfro also faces separate prior charges of assault causing bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury-family violence, evading arrest or detention, and continuous violence against the family. His total bond was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/fort-worth-man-identified-shooting-child-solicitation-suspect\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set<\/a> at $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>The two other people with Renfro were not identified and were not detained.<\/p>\n<p> The man who was shot \u2014 identified by police as the original suspect in the solicitation reports \u2014 was taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated incident in South Fort Worth, a teenager died in a shooting at a Fort Worth apartment complex on Sunday evening, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded just after 5:15 p.m. to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/6600+S+Hulen+St,+Fort+Worth,+TX+76133\/@32.6504776,-97.4166977,14z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x864e6d09c6098dfd:0x53d533cf0b0d8ee0!8m2!3d32.6504776!4d-97.3960983!16s%2Fg%2F11h07pmd43!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 6600 block of South Hulen<\/a>, where they found a 16-year-old with a gunshot wound. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth Police Department spokesperson Tracy Carter said the incident appears accidental. Investigators determined two teens, believed to be friends, were inside an apartment when one discharged a firearm and struck the other in the chest, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/teen-killed-accidental-shooting-fort-worth-police-april-5-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very much a tragic accident,\u201d Carter said, per CBS News Texas. \u201cTwo juveniles are involved, and there are a lot of families affected by this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teen who fired the weapon has been detained. Homicide detectives continue investigating the circumstances. Carter said authorities are working to identify the firearm\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, if you don\u2019t know how to use a gun, and you\u2019re not supposed to have a gun, put those guns down,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office will release the victim\u2019s identity and determine the official cause and manner of death. Fort Worth police urge anyone with information to contact them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man allegedly shot a suspect asking kids for sex, and in a separate incident, a teenager was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,73951,118,91309,117,38617,91308,91306,91305,91307,91310],"class_list":["post-237335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-aggravated-assault","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-man-shot-in-groin","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-shooting","tag-groin-shooting-suspect","tag-man-shot-groin-kids","tag-shot-in-groin","tag-solicitation-of-a-minor","tag-teen-accidentally-shot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237335","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=237335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}