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FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspected shooter was apparently beaten to death early Monday after he opened fire at a small gathering in Fort Worth, killing one person and injuring three others, according to police.
The incident occurred about 1 a.m. on the 5600 block of Shiloh Drive in the Como neighborhood, according to WOAI-TV and investigators.
“A small gathering was taking place in the backyard of a residence when one of the attendees became upset and left the gathering,” authorities said in a news release. Officers said the attendee later returned to the party with another person and got into an argument with several people in the backyard.
The attendee, whose name was not released, then opened fire, shooting at least one person. Police said the unidentified partygoer suffered injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
“The other attendees of the party then gave chase to the shooter,” police said. “The shooter turned and fired at other people; a group picked up concrete landscaping bricks and started ‘throwing them’ at the shooter.”
Investigators said the group eventually caught up to the shooter, who continued to fire bullets as he either fell or was taken to the ground. At least two other people were struck by gunfire, police said.
“A victim was pronounced dead at the scene and another victim was transported to an area hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot injury,” police said. “The shooter was struck multiple times with at least one landscaping brick and was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Police recovered a handgun from the scene, believed to have been used by the shooter. Authorities continue to investigate.
Debra Mobley, a neighbor in the area, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the family living in the home where the shooting occurred had only been in the neighborhood for about a year.
“On weekends they play the music really loud,” she told the newspaper. “One of my neighbors had to go down there and tell them to turn it down.”
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Now some say that Texans are getting soft and all that BS. This just goes to show that one does not mess with Texas! Grumpy
Remington and the families of nine victims from the Sandy Hook school massacre, the second-deadliest school shooting in US history, have reached a settlement that was years in the making: the gun-maker and manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15 used by shooter Adam Lanza will pay a total of $33MM. Divided up among the families, that comes to $3.66MM each (before the lawyer’s cut). The families insist the money is no substitute for the brutal killing of their loved one.
According to Reuters, the settlement must still be approved by the Alabama judge overseeing the Remington bankruptcy case. The plaintiffs allege that Remington’s marketing contributed to the shooting. In a February court filing, the plaintiff’s legal team argued that the value of their claims could exceed $1 billion, including punitive damage – a pretty obvious negotiating tactic.
The case attracted national headlines when it as first filed in 2014, nearly two years after the shooting. Lanza killed 6 adults and 20 students using a Remington Bushmaster rifle, shooting his way into the elementary school after murdering his mother at home. The massacre ended when Lanza committed suicide as police approached.
Only nine families joined the lawsuit, and many joined for political reasons, as the goal is to increase the financial pressure on companies that sell “assault weapons”, a label popular among proponents of gun control.
Josh Koskoff, one of the families’ lawyers, on Tuesday said his clients would “consider their next steps” in response to the offer from Huntsville, Alabama-based Remington.
“Since this case was filed in 2014, the families’ focus has been on preventing the next Sandy Hook,” Koskoff said in a statement. “An important part of that goal has been showing banks and insurers that companies that sell assault weapons to civilians are fraught with financial risk.”
The families initially claimed that Remington knowingly marketed the gun for use by people to “carry out offensive, military style combat missions against their perceived enemies.”
While the families would certainly love to squeeze all the money, Remington has now filed for bankruptcy twice since the shooting, most recently in July 2020, as restrictions on gun sales in some states ate into gun sales.
Whether the settlement will ultimately be accepted remains to be seen, though it’s pretty likely given that both parties have reportedly agreed to all the terms. It marks the first legal setback for gun makers in a year where a California judge overturned the Golden State’s ban on assault weapons.