FOREST HILL, Texas — Forest Hill police are looking for information tied to two shooting calls on July 9 -- one of which led officers to find a girl dead inside a home.
In a statement, police said they got the first call at 3:17 a.m. on Sunday and were dispatched to the 4200 block of Andrea Lane about shots fired.
When police arrived, they found a teenage girl with gunshot wounds inside the residence. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner identified her as 15-year-old Talia Fields.
Evidence of the shooting includes multiple bullet holes in the windows on the front of the house. Evidence also shows how gunfire struck a brick outside the home. On the side of the house, there is more damage.
At 4:18 a.m., officers were dispatched to another shooting call -- this one on the 6000 block of Maiden Lane. They arrived at that scene and said they found damaged property.
A resident pointed out that a car was damaged by gunfire. One of the bullets went through the windshield. A second bullet hit the side of the car.
"We are looking at submitting some evidence that we're trying to see if we can get some type of fingerprints or some type of connection to whom the shooter may be," Forest Hill police captain Demond Spraberry told WFAA.
Police said the two shooting scenes were less than one mile away from each other, but said it was not yet clear if they are connected.
"It's hard on the community. It's hard on the department. It's extremely hard on the family," Spraberry said.
Police have only described an initial suspect as "an African American or Hispanic male with a shirt tied around their head and a large tattoo on their chest."
The investigation is active, police said. Spraberry shared that the Texas Rangers are also part of the investigation.
Spraberry urges residents in both neighborhoods where the shootings occurred early Sunday morning to check their home security cameras that may have recorded the suspect or any vehicles on their street at the time of the incident.
"We need all eyes and ears in the community," said Spraberry.
Anyone who may have information can submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477.
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