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911 caller opens fire on Texas first responders causing 3-hour standoff

A Fort Worth woman first called 911 to say she had fallen several days ago and called again saying she would shoot anyone entering

By Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

FORT WORTH, Texas — A woman in her 70s who on Tuesday called 911 to report she had been on the ground for several days after a fall warned in a second call that she would shoot anyone who tried to enter her west Fort Worth home, police said.

As officers, firefighters and MedStar personnel attempted to get inside, they heard what appeared to be a gunshot from the interior, Fort Worth police said.


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Police for about three hours negotiated with the woman at the house in the 2700 block of Brea Canyon Road before the standoff ended. Police believed the woman was suffering from a mental health crisis.

No one was harmed, a Fort Worth police spokesperson said.

Fire Department and other emergency personnel went about 1:45 p.m. to the house after the woman’s request for medical attention.

The authorities withdrew after the apparent gunshot and established a perimeter. Officers assigned to a SWAT team were at the scene.

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