Fort Worth Police Continue Searching information in a 2021 shooting that killed a 56-year-old woman whose family says she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Janice White, 56, of Arlington, died on the morning of December 23, 2021 after she was shot in the thigh in an east Fort Worth home in the 6900 block of Sunflower Circle, police said. The Tarrant County coroner’s official ruled his death a homicide.
Police did not immediately release information about a motive for the shooting, but White’s family says the bullet that struck her was not intended for her.
“She deserves justice,” said Janice’s sister-in-law, Michelle White. “She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Janice was the mother of two daughters, a son and a grandson. Her oldest daughter, Phylicia White, grieved for her mother until the day she died.
According to the family, Phylicia died six months after Janice’s death, on Mother’s Day 2022.
“She never got it right,” Michelle said.
Janice’s husband, Alvin White, says Phylicia and her mother were like sisters. Phylicia died of a broken heart, Alvin told the Star-Telegram.
“She [Phylicia] I just couldn’t forget Mom,” Alvin said. “I kept telling her, ‘Hey, man, you gotta live for yourself and your son. But she just loved her mother.’”
Now, Alvin is raising his and Janice’s 10-year-old grandson.
“We just move forward every day,” Alvin said.
Anyone with information about a suspect or the shooting is asked to contact Fort Worth Police Detective V. Coronado at 817-392-4411.
