Body cam Fort Worth Police fatally shoot J’Quinton D. Hopson. Hostage shooting Shaelan J. Hill

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Fort Worth, Texas – Body cam shows Fort Worth Police shooting and killing a man on August 28, 2022 while attempting to rescue a hostage being held at gunpoint after the man had already shot her once. The woman, 31-year-old Shaelan J. Hill, died at the hospital from the wounds received after the hostage taker, now identified as J’Quinton D. Hopson, 38, shot her during the chase. Bodycam video shows the handgun the man was holding at the time of the shooting did not have a loaded magazine and that the slide of the gun was locked back, indicating that it was unloaded and incapable of firing.
Police responded to the hostage situation after Hill County Sheriff’s Office deputies requested assistance when a police chase that started in their jurisdiction made its way on to Interstate 35W in Fort Worth. Police performed a felony traffic stop in the area of I-35W and Spur 280 in Fort Worth.