2 children, 2 adults injured in drive-by shooting

Fort Worth police officers investigate the scene of a shooting at Smokey’s Paradise Food Mart in Fort Worth on Sunday.
(Carly Geraci/Staff Photographer)

By: Claire Z. Cardona 

FORT WORTH, TX – Four people, including two preschoolers, were injured Sunday evening in a drive-by shooting in Fort Worth, police say.

A man opened fire about 5:30 p.m. outside Smokey’s Paradise Food Mart in the 5300 block of East Rosedale Street, near Rosedale Plaza Park. He fired from a gray Nissan Altima and left the area going west, police said.

The two children, both 3-year-olds, were transported in serious condition to Cook Children’s Medical Center. One child was shot in the leg and the other was shot in the arm, police said.

The two men, a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old, were both shot in the leg, police said.

Both adults were transported to John Peter Smith Hospital. One was in serious condition and the other had minor injuries, according to MedStar.

None of the injuries were thought to be life-threatening.

Police did not provide a detailed description of the suspected shooter. He was not in custody Sunday night.

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