The third victim shot and killed late Monday night in Fort Worth’s Como neighborhood has been identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and family.
Gabriella Navarrete, 18, died at a hospital just after midnight Tuesday. Navarrate was shot along with 10 other people near the 3400 block of Horne Street late Monday night, where a large crowd of people gathered hours after ComoFest ended.
Navarrete’s mother Rosa Carrasco said her daughter worked in Hudson Oaks and also attended classes at L Makeup in Southlake.
“Every day she was making that drive from Weatherford to Southlake because makeup was life. She wanted to make the world a more beautiful place," Carrasco said. "She was just full of life."
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Carrasco said her daughter was in Fort Worth on Monday night to enjoy time with her friends.
“Wrong place, wrong time,” she said.
According to Fort Worth police, ‘several unidentified males’ were shot at random in the large crowd of people just before midnight Monday. In total, 11 people were shot. Three people died from their injuries, and eight were injured.
Tiona Brewer was with her children when the gunfire erupted.
"We’re watching the fireworks and all of a sudden, you start hearing gunshots. You couldn’t distinguish where they were coming from because literally, they were coming from everywhere. Like, we fell and laid on the ground flat. The bullets were still going past my head," Brewer recalled. "The initial gunshots that started it all, it shouldn’t have happened. There wasn’t no reason for it to happen."
The two other victims were identified Tuesday by family as 18-year-old Paul Willis and 22-year-old Cynthia Santos.
“Gun violence is out of control, and it’s not fair to those who have nothing to do with it. Just a bystander,” Carrasco said Wednesday.
No arrests have been as of this writing.
