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Historic Southside Pedestrian Shot at by Woman in SUV

A Fort Worth man said it was a miracle he wasn't hit when a woman shot at him from her car

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A Fort Worth man was walking down East Leuda Street on Saturday when he says a woman in an SUV drove up, rolled down the window, and fired at him.

The incident was caught on a neighbor’s surveillance camera.

The man, Derrick Montgomery, said it was a miracle he wasn’t hit.

"I thought maybe the gun was fake,” Montgomery said Monday. “I was like, 'I know she's not pulling a gun on me!'"

Montgomery, who grew up in the Historic Southside neighborhood near Glenwood Park, said there was no time to run.

"I shook my head like I was playing basketball. Next thing I know, 'boom!'” he said. "Bullet goes by my head."

Montgomery said the shot missed him by about a foot and hit a nearby car. The woman simply drove off, and he kept on going too.

"Man, I thought maybe I had died. Maybe I was dead,” he said.

Montgomery said he's seen the woman in the neighborhood before but doesn't know her.

It happened in front of Antonio Serrano's house.

“We were inside preparing dinner with the family and all the sudden, heard a gunshot,” Serrano said.

Serrano was home with his three young children.

“It was kind of shocking for us with the kids and everything,” he said.

As for Montgomery, he said he feels grateful he wasn't injured.

"It's mainly luck, you know what I'm saying?” Montgomery said. “This is my block, my neighborhood, Southside, you know."

Police are investigating the shooting but have announced no arrests.

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