Two Dead, Several Injured in Texas Shooting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Police were investigating a shooting at a non-profit dance studio in Fort Worth, Texas that left two people dead and several injured, reports on Sunday said.
One victim was found outside Studio 74 on Saturday, and several others were taken to hospitals, Fort Worth police spokesman Daniel Segura said in a statement. One of the victims died from his injuries, the statement said.
The studio's owner said the incident occurred during an unsanctioned party at the facility.
“I would consider it trespassing just for the fact that as the owner and operator of this facility I did not know, nor was there an exchange of any formal contract for people to be inside there,” Laura Reyna, owner and artistic director of the studio, said.
She said she didn’t know the group of about 60 people was there until a studio instructor called her at 12:45 a.m. to report a commotion at the facility, CBS-affiliated television station WTSP reported.
The disturbance began in the studio and spilled outside where six people were shot.
A studio employee, Jason Moore, said he was working at the time of the incident and said he used a towel to compress the chest of one of the victims, who later died outside the front door. “He got hit in the lungs, so there was no coming back for him,” Moore said. He said several members of the group were carrying guns.
