A Fort Worth police officer shot a man who was firing a gun toward homes during a domestic disturbance call on Bonita Drive Wednesday night, police said.
The wounded man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said in a news release early Thursday. No officers were injured.
The shooting occurred after officers were called to a house in the 4200 block of Bonita Drive about 9:40 p.m. According to a 911 call log, a caller reported that her boyfriend was assaulting her at that address.
When officers responded, they saw a man in the street firing gunshots in the direction of homes, Police Chief Eddie Garcia said in a news conference at the scene. The officers confronted the man, but he didn’t obey their commands to drop the gun and approached officers while still armed, Garcia said…