Fort Worth police are on the hunt for a suspect following a fatal shooting that claimed two lives over the weekend. The incident, which escalated out of a verbal altercation, unfolded in the early hours of Saturday in northwest Fort Worth, according to CBS News. Arriving at the 2400 block of Ross Avenue around 2 a.m., officers found the victims with fatal gunshot wounds.
Fleeing in a vehicle after firing multiple rounds, the suspect remains at large. "Detectives found that a verbal argument between several parties occurred and at least one handgun was produced by the suspect who began firing multiple rounds, striking both victims," Fort Worth police detailed in an email, as per CBS News. The specific circumstances that preceded the violence, however, presently are being pieced together by investigators.
Digging deeper into the case, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports no arrests have yet been made in connection with the double homicide. The scene at the north Fort Worth home quickly became a focal point for homicide detectives who responded to the call just before 2 a.m. on the same block mentioned earlier. Information has been scarce as authorities work to identify a suspect and motive behind the killings.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office has identified one of the deceased as 45-year-old Fermin Lucio Ramirez, with the residence where the shooting occurred listed as his address, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram article disclosed. Continuing unabated, the shooting has set a somber and urgent tone amidst Fort Worth's community as the public awaits further developments from an investigation that, under the weight of loss and the specter of free-roaming danger, gains gravity with each passing hour.
