{"id":281963,"date":"2026-05-06T23:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281963\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:09:11","slug":"ambushed-fort-worth-civilian-response-deputy-speaks-out-after-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281963\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambushed Fort Worth civilian response deputy speaks out after shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                For the first time, the Fort Worth civilian response unit deputy who was ambushed last week is sharing his story. Newly released body\u2011camera video shows the moment a burglary suspect opened fire, injuring Deputy Edward Zapata. Despite not wearing the same uniform as sworn officers, Zapata says his only focus during the attack was getting a woman to safety. His commitment to serving the community runs deep, and he hopes to return to duty once he recovers.\n                      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time, the Fort Worth civilian response unit deputy who was ambushed last week is sharing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-281963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281963","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=281963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}