Fort Worth police are investigating after a man with a gunshot wound to the upper thigh arrived at Texas Health Huguley Hospital early Thursday in a private car. The location of the shooting has not been established.
What Police Have Disclosed
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that officers went to the hospital after being told a gunshot victim had arrived in a private vehicle. Police said the man was shot in the upper thigh and did not provide information investigators considered relevant. The shooting location remains unclear, and details about his condition were not immediately available.
The newspaper reported that detectives from the Gun Violence Unit are investigating. No arrests had been announced as of its report.
How the investigation fits into a wider picture
Fort Worth Police Department general orders say its Gun Violence Investigation Team responds to shooting calls involving someone who has been shot. Separately, Tarrant County Public Health analysis of trauma-registry data from reporting hospitals and trauma facilities ranked firearm injuries among the county’s top 10 injury mechanisms across all age groups from 2020 through 2024; that countywide measure does not describe this individual case.
A Similar Case Earlier in the Week
Just days earlier, on Nov. 6, police were investigating another shooting that sent a man to the hospital with a leg wound. In that case, per the same account, officers said in an email that “the offense location is currently unclear, and the victim is not cooperating with the investigation at this time.” That victim was expected to survive, police said at the time.
Whether the two incidents are connected in any way has not been established, and the available reporting does not point to a broader pattern. For now, both cases remain open, with investigators hoping that more information — or more cooperative witnesses — eventually surfaces.
