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Fort Worth police, SWAT searching for gunman after shooting near homeless encampment

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FORT WORTH – Police and SWAT teams were searching for a gunman Tuesday after a shooting near a homeless encampment.

Fort Worth police said the shooting happened Tuesday around 4:45 a.m. near E. Vickery Road and S. Riverside Drive. They believe it was the result of a disturbance between several people struggling with homelessness.

One man was shot and has non-life-threatening injuries and a woman was shot at but not injured, according to police.

As of 8:40 a.m., the gunman remained at large. Police believed the shooter might be "holed up in a nearby location."

There was no description of the gunman.

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