As he was nearing arrest on a warrant connected to his failure to appear in court in an assault case, a 77-year-old man in a vehicle on Wednesday shot himself to death near downtown Fort Worth, police said.
Authorities accused Melvin Pardue of using his arm to squeeze the neck of a relative in Colleyville in September 2024. A warrant was issued for Pardue the next month, according to Tarrant County District Clerkâs Office records.
Fort Worth Police Department officers went about 4 p.m. Wednesday to the 3300 block of East Belknap Street to help a private investigator who was attempting to arrest Pardue…