Fort Worth Police are investigating an apparent attempted domestic murder-suicide Friday after they say a man shot his 35-year-old wife several times before killing himself.
According to police, officers were sent to a home on the 6400 block of Meadowbrook Drive where a couple had been arguing.
Investigators said that during the argument the man then shot his wife multiple times in her lower body before fatally shooting himself in the kitchen.
The woman was hospitalized and underwent surgery Friday morning. Her current condition is not known.
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The man was identified Saturday by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office as 54-year-old David P. Richards.
Police have not released any further details about the couple or said whether there was a history of calls to the address.
The shooting is at least the second domestic shooting in North Texas this week to result in a fatality.
On Thursday, Lewisville Police said a woman was fatally shot by her husband as she called 911.
If you or someone you know is the victim of intimate partner violence, please consider reaching out to one of the following resources at no cost:
- National Domestic Violence Hotline -- thehotline.org, 1-800-7997233, TTY: 1-800-787-3224
- SafeHaven of Tarrant County -- safehaventc.org, 1-877-701-7233
- One Safe Place -- onesafeplace.org, 1-817-916-4323
- The Women’s Center of Tarrant County -- womenscentertc.org, crisis and victim hotline 817-927-2737
- Texas Health and Human Services -- hhs.texas.gov
