{"id":392219,"date":"2026-07-30T17:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392219\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:10:08","slug":"watch-live-fort-worth-police-to-address-2-separate-shootings-that-ended-in-2-suspects-shot-killed-by-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392219\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch live: Fort Worth police to address 2 separate shootings that ended in 2 suspects shot, killed by officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fort Worth Police Department plans to address two separate shootings involving its officers that left two suspects dead. A news conference is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Child sex assault suspect cuts off ankle monitor <\/p>\n

The first shooting happened<\/a> on Saturday, July 25. Fort Worth Police said at about 8 p.m., officers were called to the 9000 block of South Freeway after a man who was out of jail on bond for a child sex crime cut off his ankle monitor.<\/p>\n

Officers said the suspect fled the scene and led officers on a short pursuit and pulled into the parking lot of a motel. That’s when, officers said, the suspect pulled out a handgun, and an officer fired, striking and killing him. <\/p>\n

Knife-wielding suspect fatally shot <\/p>\n

A second incident<\/a> happened less than 24 hours later at the Carmen Apartments in the 9200 block of Renee Circle in Fort Worth. <\/p>\n

The department said just after 6 a.m., officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving a suspect who was armed with a knife and allegedly broke into a woman’s home and assaulted her. <\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they found the suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Andrew Ponce, was in the parking lot holding a knife to his throat. <\/p>\n

Officers said Ponce failed to listen to commands to drop the weapon and walked toward officers. Police said that’s when an officer shot and killed him. <\/p>\n

CBS News Texas spoke with Andrew Ponce’s father<\/a>, Alejandro Ponce, following his son’s death. <\/p>\n

“As a father, you’re trying to figure out what happened and who was involved. All these questions started popping up in my head. I was like, ‘I want to know what happened,'” he said.<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

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