Ft Worth: Woman shot after flashing headlights at other driver

FORT WORTH, Texas — Police are searching for the suspect who shot a girl in her automobile early Monday morning. 

While it is not confirmed, there’s an opportunity that the motive might have been the sufferer flashing her automobile’s headlights at one other driver, police mentioned.

Officers and medical personnel had been dispatched to the 7-Eleven on 820 North Beach Street at about 3:45 a.m. When they acquired there, they discovered the sufferer with a gunshot wound to the face.

According to Fort Worth police, the sufferer mentioned she was driving westbound on King’s Oak Lane near North Beach when a automobile within the reverse lane was approaching with its excessive beam headlights on. The lady briefly turned on her excessive beams to inform that driver to dim their lights.

She was shot simply when that other automobile was about to cross her, after which she drove to the 7-Eleven searching for assist, police mentioned.

The sufferer’s son, who requested to not be named, informed WFAA she was house from the hospital and recovering Monday night. 

“It just hurts,” he mentioned. “I’ve already cried, felt every emotion, I went through everything. The only thing I can think about is getting my mom back to that place she’s herself again.”

Her son, who’s now serving to her recuperate, mentioned his mom was on her solution to work when the taking pictures incident occurred. 

“She’s an innocent woman,” he mentioned. “There’s no need for this to have happened. She was just trying to tell the guy or girl your brights are high and I can’t see.” 

The sufferer’s son mentioned her harm has impacted all the household, as a result of she’s a caretaker to a number of relations, together with her personal disabled son.

“She takes care of a lot of people, and she’s the main household person, now everyone’s having to readjust their lives.”  

Police mentioned the lady was taken to a hospital and was in good situation. However, nobody has been arrested within the case.

Anyone with information in regards to the taking pictures is inspired to name the FWPD Gun Violence Unit at 817-392-4550 and point out report quantity 220052216.