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A woman shot her boyfriend in the chest on Wednesday morning amid fears for his safety in east Fort Worth, police said.
A woman early Wednesday shot her boyfriend in the torso as she feared for her safety in east Fort Worth, police said.
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The encounter occurred about 1 a.m. at the girlfriend’s unit at the Paradise Hills Apartments in the 3700 block of Paradise Hills Drive, Fort Worth police said.
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The girlfriend told police that the man arrived, forced his way into the front door and assaulted her.
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The woman fired upon the man once when he advanced toward her in an aggressive manner, police said.
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The man’s injury is life-threatening, police said. He was taken to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Grapevine.
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Police did not announce an arrest.
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement cases in Tarrant County. He was previously a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.