A 71-year-old woman is recovering in a Tarrant County hospital after being shot nine times in her home, according to her family. Her name and photo are being withheld for security reasons.
“We don’t know who did this or why,” said the Rev. Roderick Smith. “So, of course, we want to make sure that once she’s safe — one, that they don’t come and do something else to her.”
Smith said the victim is his mother’s older sister. The call about his aunt on May 16 came as a shock.
Planning a memorial, then gunfire
Smith said his aunt, a former Fort Worth ISD employee and church leader, had just gotten off the phone with his mother. She had been planning a balloon release for a former co-worker who had recently died…