In a sobering start to the weekend, two individuals were injured during a drive-by shooting at a busy Fort Worth bus station last Friday evening. According to the WFAA, Fort Worth Police received calls about the incident at the junction of East Lancaster Avenue and Sargent Street. A vehicle reportedly approached the East Lancaster bus transfer station, from which shots were fired, striking the two victims.
The Star-Telegram reports that the shooting occurred around 6:30 p.m., with one victim taking a bullet to the shoulder and the other sustaining an injury to the arm. Both victims have been transported to local hospitals and are fortunately faced with non-life-threatening wounds. The precise circumstances that led to the shooting remain under investigation; however, the Fort Worth Police Department’s Gun Violence Unit is actively pursuing leads.
As details of the violent event continue to emerge, local authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward. The motive behind the shooting is currently unclear, and no suspect descriptions or arrests have been made public at this stage of the investigation. There is an ongoing effort to piece together the sequence of events that precipitated this needless eruption of violence in a place where people simply sought to transition from one point to another…