Good morning and thanks for joining us.
I'm Cleo Green and I'm Matt Howard,
said. We begin with breaking
news out of Fort Worth,
where the July 4th holiday is
already off to a very violent start.
At least eleven people
have been shot overnight.
Now we know at least two people are
dead after shooting in the Como
neighborhood in southwest Fort Worth.
We do have a team coverage there
from both the scene and the hospital.
And we want to begin with breaking
news reporter Megan Mitchell.
Yeah, let me tell you,
at this scene here,
eight people were shot,
two people died from their injuries.
And even at this hour,
we're hearing firecrackers,
fireworks still going off just
on some of the side roads here,
there are about 100 people that
are still making it difficult
for neighbors to sleep, I mean.
There's loud music, there's commotion,
there's a lot of loud engines,
and I even saw a fight breakout as well.
And so it's obviously a very
chaotic scene here, and this scene
specifically goes on three blocks.
You could see just how many police
officers are here even at this hour.
So the situation became even more
chaotic last night as medical
professionals from MedStar,
they were actually unable to access.
The scene police had to load up
victims into their squad cars,
get them from that scene.
Large crowds into the ambulances.
The incident began just before midnight,
after really what was supposed
to be a celebration.
I mean, here in the Como neighborhood,
they have their annual party on July 3rd,
and it's supposed to be this joyous occasion,
a longstanding tradition in
a very historic neighborhood.
Firefighters lighting up the OR,
fireworks lighting up the sky.
People, of course,
gathered for a big neighborhood.
Parade and BBQ,
but that that became panic
as the night went on.
Gunfire erupted,
just a terrifying moment for
folks as those shots rang out.
People scrambled to get to safety
trying to get away from here and police
say it was just a chaotic scene.
A lot of vehicle traffic,
a lot of foot traffic.
As you can tell. Still,
fireworks were being shot off,
lots of people just trying to flee
the area from the multiple gunshots.
So it was difficult for them to
navigate quickly into the area.
The motive here is still unknown.
We also don't know how many shooters
there were, or perhaps if multiple
people were shooting at each other.
We're still learning all of that.
What we do know at this time is that
here in Como, eight people were shot.
Two people died from their injuries.
Those six other victims, We are unsure
of their conditions at this time,
but we also have a reporter, Natalie Haddad,
who's live for us at JPS right now,
was much more on what she's seen
there at the hospital. Natalie.
Megan, We don't know how many of the
overnight shooting victims are here at J PS:.
Hospital. We don't know their conditions,
and we also don't know if any of
the victims brought here to J PS:.
Were among the deceased. Now it is
quiet though still an active scene here.
Police still here, and some people
still gathered in the parking lot,
seemingly waiting for updates.
Speaking of the people here in the parking
lot, there's certainly been moments of
tension that everyone seemed Privy to.
Within the last hour,
we've heard three to four rounds of gunshots.
We had hoped they were fireworks,
but it appears Fort Worth PD did respond to.
Gunfire along the around this neighborhood
and each time we heard that rapid
gunfire just sounded closer and closer.
And everyone could hear that
and seem to look around.
But still they waited in this parking lot.
Now it has been about active
here since 3:00 AM.
Since we got here,
cars have steadily driven in and out
of this parking lot here at the J PS:,
Emergency room.
Crime scene tape can also be seen
around a couple of cars in this parking
lot where we've seen investigators
taking photos and searching those cars.
And after seeing law enforcement
come in and out of the ER,
that's when we noticed that they
were exploring more of the cars
in the parking lot.
So again,
we don't know how many of the overnight
shooting victims came to J PS:.
Hospital.
We don't know their conditions and we don't
know if any of them are among the deceased.
However, we will keep you updated right here.
On Wfa's Daybreak.
But for now, Cleo,
I'll send it back to you.
Natalie,
thank you.
Yes,
there's still a lot to
learn here this morning.
You know, just two years ago,
eight people were shot near
Car Wash and Como just hours
after the first ever Como.
First a Como Fest.
Rather, no one died.
Police say multiple people
fired weapons there,
but the shootings had nothing
to do with the event itself.