3 employees shot during possible bank robbery in Fort Worth, suspects still at-large
FORT WORTH, Texas July 20 2018 – Three employees were shot during a possible bank robbery in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth Thursday morning.
Fort Worth Police Department’s Officer Chris Britt said it happened around 9:20 a.m. at the Veritex Community Bank on Merrick Street.
According to preliminary reports, at least two men walked into the bank with weapons and fired shots. Police are still trying to determine if they intended to rob the bank.
Three of the bank’s female employees were shot. All were taken to area hospitals in serious condition. Their injuries appear to be non-life-threatening, according to MedStar officials.
Officers are still searching for the gunmen in the area. Britt did not have a description of them and said it’s not yet clear if they got away on foot or in a car.
“If anybody in the area saw anything unusual, vehicles leaving the scene quickly that now hearing about this seems odd, if they were any people running from the area that seems odd… if you saw anything that might seem unusual, please give us a call,” he said.
Fort Worth’s SWAT officers appear to have a home near Horne Street and Blackmore Avenue surrounded. That’s not too far away from the bank but police have not yet confirmed that the two scenes are connected.
The FBI and other federal groups are helping with the investigation. Police also plan to review surveillance video from inside the bank.
One resident who lives in Arlington Heights described it as a very old and quiet neighborhood.
“There are a lot of businesses and a lot of residences mixed together so as far as I know, this is very unusual for there to be a shooting here. But there is a lot of petty crime in the area as there is all over the city and the county,” said Brent Hyder, who lives in Arlington Heights.
He called the shooting appalling.
“I’m really sad for those ladies. That’s just unconscionable,” he said.
Veritex’s Merrick Street branch is closed for the day, the bank said on its website.
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