One victim in Fort Worth's fatal mass shooting has now been officially identified

Fort Worth shooting
People mourn victims near the site of a shooting in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, on July 4, 2023 Photo credit Xinhua News Agency / Contributor

One of the three people gunned down in the Fort Worth Como neighborhood shooting late Monday has now been identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.

Officials confirm a Fort Worth woman named Cynthia Santos died at the hospital about an hour after the shooting. Santos was part of a crowd of an estimated 200 people attending a street party near Horne Street and Diaz Avenue.

This gathering was not connected to ComoFest, the neighborhood's traditional Independence Day celebration which had wrapped up about two hours earlier.

Santos was one of eleven people who were shot when, as police report, "several unknown males were reported to have started firing into the crowd indiscriminately and then fled the scene."

The other two fatalities have not been officially identified by the Medical Examiner's office although the family of 18-year-old Paul Willis says he also died.

Police also say as of now, detectives have not yet identified the suspects but can confirm that none of the injured were suspects in the shooting.

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