Shooting Suspect Stoned To Death By Group In Fort Worth: Police

FORT WORTH, TX — Stoning someone to death is something more commonly associated with biblical times than modern day Fort Worth, Texas.

But it may have been the only way a group of shooting victims could defend themselves when a gunman opened fire on them during what police described as a “small gathering” in the backyard of a home on Shiloh Drive in Fort Worth’s Como neighborhood early Monday morning.

The group getting shot at stoned the gunman to death after the shooting that killed one of them and injured two others, FOX-4’s Shannon Murray reported on Twitter, citing Fort Worth police.

Police later confirmed, stating in a news release that concrete landscaping bricks were used, and at least one of them hit the shooter before he tripped or fell, and soon later, died. The shooter continued firing, even as he was on the ground, and hit two more people, police said.

Neither of the two fatal victims of the stoning that followed the shooting were identified as of later Monday afternoon.

Police didn’t say what specifically led to the shooting, only that a disturbance erupted before shots were fired, FOX-4 reported. All people involved are believed to know each other, according to police.

The police narrative indicates the brick-throwing to be more of a self-defense response than a traditional stoning, which remains legal in Iran and Afghanistan.