{"id":408647,"date":"2026-08-17T04:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408647\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:36:56","slug":"everman-isd-employee-killed-in-fort-worth-road-rage-shooting-on-i-20-suspect-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408647\/","title":{"rendered":"Everman ISD employee killed in Fort Worth road rage shooting on I-20; suspect arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

LaTaivia Davis, an Everman ISD teacher’s aide, was killed Thursday morning in a road rage shooting while traveling eastbound on I-20 in Fort Worth near the Hulen Mall.<\/p>\n

Police arrested 37-year-old Patrick Lawrence late on Thursday in connection to the shooting. He has been charged with murder.<\/p>\n

All eastbound lanes of I-20 near Granbury Road remain closed for investigation, causing major delays and traffic diversions.<\/p>\n

FORT WORTH, Texas – A woman who works for the Everman Independent School District was killed in a road rage shooting on Interstate 20 in Fort Worth on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Road Rage Shooting\"<div>A<\/p>\n

A woman is dead following a road rage shooting on I-20 on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

The deadly shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. in the 3700 block of I-20, which is just past the Hulen Mall near Benbrook.<\/p>\n

According to Fort Worth police, witnesses told officers that the victim and the suspect were both traveling eastbound on the interstate and were involved in an apparent road rage incident.<\/p>\n

\"<div>I-20<\/p>\n

I-20 near Granbury Road remains shut down for an investigation<\/p>\n

“The suspect pulled up to the victim and fired some shots and struck the victim,” said Officer Cynthia Wood, a spokeswoman for the department.<\/p>\n

The suspect fled the scene. The woman did not survive the shooting.<\/p>\n

FOX 4’s cameras captured video of more than a dozen police cadets helping to look for evidence on the highway Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Police<\/p>\n

Police form a line on I-20 to search for evidence related to the shooting.<\/p>\n

Shooting suspect arrested<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Police announced late on Thursday that 37-year-old Patrick Lawrence had been arrested in connection to the I-20 road rage shooting.<\/p>\n

He has been charged with murder.<\/p>\n

Records show Lawrence has prior misdemeanor drug and assault charges in Tarrant County.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Patrick<\/p>\n

Patrick Lawrence, 37 (CTSY: Fort Worth Police Department)<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

FOX 4 has learned that the victim is LaTaivia Davis, an Everman ISD teacher’s aide. Everman ISD’s website states she worked at E. Ray Elementary School.<\/p>\n

In response to questions, the school district shared the following statement.<\/p>\n

“Everman ISD is deeply saddened by the passing of a valued member of our staff. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the employee’s family, loved ones, colleagues, students, and all those impacted by this loss,” Everman ISD said.<\/p>\n

The district said counselors and support resources would be made available to her students and fellow staff members.<\/p>\n

I-20 Eastbound Closed<\/p>\n

All eastbound lanes of I-20 near the Granbury Road interchange and Hulen Mall area were shut down for most of the morning because of the police investigation.<\/p>\n

Traffic in the area was completely halted, and officials urged drivers traveling from Benbrook and surrounding neighborhoods to seek alternative routes.<\/p>\n

The interstate has since reopened.<\/p>\n

Local perspective<\/p>\n

“I was in shock.”<\/p>\n

Lee Diaz lives across the street from E. Ray Elementary School where LaTaivia Davis worked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diaz says he frequently tells his children to do whatever they can to avoid road rage.<\/p>\n

“Best thing to do, ignore it. It can’t be that big of a deal,” Diaz told FOX 4’s David Sentendrey. “Just let it go. Move on.”<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this article is from the Fort Worth Police Department and the FOX 4 traffic center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief LaTaivia Davis, an Everman ISD teacher’s aide, was killed Thursday morning in a road rage shooting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[44741,142759,142290,116,118,117,3737,38831,142289,25865,34721],"class_list":["post-408647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-eastbound-lanes","tag-everman-independent-school-district","tag-everman-isd","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-police","tag-hulen-mall","tag-patrick-lawrence","tag-road-rage-shooting","tag-thursday-morning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408647","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=408647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}