A college student was randomly shot to death outside a bar in Texas by a shooter who allegedly told police he would have killed others if he hadn’t run out of bullets.
Wes Smith, a junior at Texas Christian University, was standing on the sidewalk near Your Mom’s House bar in Fort Worth’s West 7th District shortly after 1 a.m. Friday when Matthew Purdy approached him, officials said. police officers in an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the University of Fort Worth. Star telegram.
Purdy, 21, chatted briefly with Smith, also 21, before shooting the former football player, police said.
Purdy then fled.
Smith was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 1:45 a.m., police said.
Smith wasn’t the only one Purdy allegedly assaulted, as two people told police after the shooting that the gunman had charged at them and hit one of them in the back of the head, according to the affidavit.
TCU student Wes Smith was shot and killed by a stranger Friday in Fort Worth, Texas. Twitter/@the_lewt
Officers later found Purdy in a nearby parking lot and put him in the back of a patrol car after patting him down.
However, one of the officers eventually noticed Purdy in the back of the vehicle holding the handle of a gun, according to the affidavit.
The accused shooter, who is believed to have hidden the gun in his crotch, had disassembled it and tossed pieces of the gun out of the vehicle when the officer opened the door to check on him, according to the affidavit.
The shooting occurred just after 1 a.m. in Fort Worth’s West 7th Precinct. WFAA
The officers also found what appeared to be fresh blood in a backpack she was carrying, according to the document.
Purdy, who did not know Smith, admitted to police that he shot the victim three times: in the stomach, in the shoulder and, once he was on the ground, in the back of the head “because he wanted to make sure he was dead.” . “authorities said.
The shooter told police he had no “clear reason” to kill Smith and only opened fire after asking the victim if he knew his father, who had been assaulted in the area, according to the affidavit.
Smith was standing near Your Momma’s House bar when he was shot and killed. LinkedIn
Matthew Purdy did not know Smith before shooting him, according to police. fort worth police
He also would have shot a bystander if he hadn’t run out of ammunition, Purdy allegedly said.
Smith, originally from Germantown, Tennessee, was a finance major and a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at TCU, according to his LinkedIn profile.
During his freshman year, he was a free safety for the university’s Horned Frogs football team.
While attending St. George’s Independent School in Memphis, Smith captained its football and basketball teams.
He was named DII-AA West Tennessee Football Defensive Player of the Year, the Star-Telegram reported.
Smith had been a free safety for TCU’s Horned Frogs football team as a freshman. Twitter/@Wes_Smith13
The late student’s family told the outlet that he was “an incredible and loving son, brother, cousin and friend.”
“We are heartbroken by his passing and ask for space to grieve during this terribly difficult time,” his family said in a statement.
Purdy, charged with murder, was on probation in an aggravated robbery case in Tarrant County.
He was taken to the Tarrant County Jail and his bond was set at $500,000.
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