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Medical Crisis Sparks Seagoville Shootout as Senior Crashes Into Home

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Published on December 01, 2023
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In what reads like a spaghetti Western scenario with a tragic twist, an 80-year-old man experienced a medical episode that led to a vehicular crash into a Seagoville home and concluded in gunfire last Friday morning. Police say Kenneth Eisner was behind the wheel when he suddenly had a medical emergency and plowed his truck into a nearby residence, according to FOX 4 News.

The Seagoville Police Department arrived shortly before 8:00 a.m. mayhem, found that the octogenarian hadn't just survived an accident but also sustained gunshot wounds after a resident whose bedroom was demolished opened fire on the disoriented senior. Bullet holes punctured the front windshield of Eisner's truck amidst the rubble of the home.

Responders removed Eisner from the truck with the support of the Seagoville Fire Department and promptly transferred him to paramedics waiting at the scene, as detailed in Fort Worth Star-Telegram.