Neighbors said the house outside which two Texas teens were killed and another person injured Wednesday night has been the location of other shootings and the focus of other police responses in recent months.
One of the teens has been identified on a GoFundMe website as 14-year-old Adrian Daniels.
Police have said a 17-year-old victim died at a hospital, and a third wounded teen was treated for his injuries and released. The other victims have not been publicly identified.
Police are still looking for a suspect and have not identified the two other victims.
Daniels was a freshman at Brewer High School and the oldest of four siblings. Johnson said her grandson was visiting the home on Panay Way Drive for a ride before a suspect(s) came by and started shooting.
“This could happen to anybody, and it’s sad,” Johnson said. “I don’t want everyone to remember Adrian Daniels and think, another young Black man got shot, must be gangs and drugs… it wasn’t that.”
Police have not announced any arrests or a motive for the killings, which occurred just before 8 p.m. Wednesday in a residential neighborhood in the 700 block of Panay Way Drive, in west Fort Worth.
The shooting follows a drive-by shooting that targeted the same house a few months ago, according to residents. Nobody was killed or injured in that shooting, neighbors said.
Police did not immediately respond to a request for information on other responses to the location at which the shooting occurred Wednesday night. According to online Fort Worth Police Department reports, between seven and 10 shots were heard on the block around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 15, and a drive-by shooting was reported around 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 21. Another report of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was taken in the area earlier in November but the details aren’t available online.
Tim Arredondo, a resident in the neighborhood, said he arrived at home minutes after Wednesday’s shooting after going out for dinner with his family. When he pulled into his driveway, he said, he could see two people lying in the street.
On Wednesday night, that neighbor said he heard shouting and arguing outside before the first gunshot. There was a pause, then he heard five or six more shots. He and his wife hurried their children to a room where they hoped they’d be safe and waited for police to arrive. Another neighbor a little farther down the street said he also heard one shot, then a pause followed by five or six more.
Neighbors said problems started in earnest sometime last year, but that they’ve gotten used to seeing police at the house since some of the residents moved in about two years ago. No one answered the door at the home Thursday afternoon.
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