Fort Worth shooting – live: Dramatic video captures chaos at ComoFest two of three victims identified
Follow updates on the July 4 gun violence in Fort Worth including the mass shooting at ComoFest.
The video shows terrified revellers fleeing as shots are fired into the crowd.
Police in Fort Worth, Texas, said that no suspects have been identified but that “several unknown males were reported to have started firing into the crowd indiscriminately and then fled the scene”.
Two of the three victims killed were identified on Tuesday as Cynthia Santos, 22, and Paul Willis, 18.
The incident marked just one of four shootings that left at least 17 people shot – three of them fatally – in Fort Worth, Texas, on the night of July 3.
The other three shoootings took place at a home, an AMC movie theatre, and in a car.
Following a wave of shootings this week, President Joe Biden renewed his calls for Congress to act and “come to the table on meaningful, common sense reform” on gun control.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker says she is ‘devastated’ by mass shooting
“I am devastated by the news of a mass shooting in Fort Worth last night,” she tweeted.
“My heart breaks for the victims, their loved ones, and the entire Como community that works to build positivity and celebration in their community and our city.” Police said on Tuesday that no suspects have been identified over the shooting that left three dead and several more injured in Fort Worth, Texas, on the eve of July 4.
However, the investigation so far indicates that there were several male shooters firing into the crowd.
“Several unknown males were reported to have started firing into the crowd indiscriminately and then fled the scene,” Fort Worth police said in an update on Tuesday.
None of the victims injured are regarded as suspects in the shooting, police said.
