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Gunshot That Injured Sleeping Fort Worth Woman Came From Outside Her Home: Police

The victim was shot through her bedroom window, officials say

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A Fort Worth woman is recovering after being shot in her apartment early Tuesday morning while sleeping, Fort Worth police say.

Just before 5 a.m., Fort Worth Police responded to a shooting call at The Carmen Apartments on the 2700 block of Dawn West. When officials arrived, they discovered an adult woman with a single gunshot wound.

Officers said the woman was asleep in her first-floor bedroom, facing the 9200 block of North Normandale Street, when someone outside fired a gun. The shot entered the woman's apartment, striking her in the upper chest.

The woman, whose name has not yet been released, was transported to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth in stable condition.

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Officials are not sure whether the shooter was on foot or had a vehicle and they haven't said whether the woman was targeted. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

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