Scott Gordon
The scene in front of the home on the 10000-block of Tulare Lane.
A Fort Worth man told police he opened fire on two burglary suspects Thursday to protect the lives of police officers. One of the people he thought was an officer was actually a citizen ride-along, investigators say.
Police were dispatched to a home on the 10000 block of Tulare Lane for a burglary call at about 3:30 p.m.
The responding officer had a civilian observer in his car as part of a ride-along program. As the officer arrived at the scene, two people believed to be burglars were seen trying to leave the home.
One of the suspects got out of the vehicle and attempted to leave on foot, police said. The police officer remained in the car, as police said they are trained to do, but the citizen taking part in the ride-along jumped from the cruiser and began to chase the burglary suspect on foot.
Meanwhile, the burglary suspect who was still in the getaway car began driving toward the police cruiser, police said.
An armed neighbor who was aware of the burglary and standing nearby thought the lives of both the officer and the citizen -- whom he thought was a police officer -- were in danger.
"According to the neighbor, he felt like that the suspects [were] going to run over the plains-clothes detective who was in reality a citizen ride-in," Maj. Paul Henderson said.
The man opened fire on both burglary suspects, hitting them both, police said.
The shooting was originally believed to have involved Fort Worth police officers, but officers never fired a shot.
The two burglary suspects were taken to John Peter Smith Hospital. Both are expected to recover.
Police questioned the neighbor who fired the shots for several hours but did not arrest him.
Fort Worth police said they will now be reviewing their citizen ride-along program. People participating in ride-alongs are only supposed to watch, not become actively involved, police said.
"We don't like for that to happen," Henderson said.
NBC 5's Scott Gordon contributed to this report.
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