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FORT WORTH — Six people were injured, including four children, in a shooting in west Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday night, authorities said.

The shooting was reported at 7:30 p.m. local time at an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Las Vegas Trail, according to officials with the Fort Worth Fire Department and MedStar. Police said it was a drive-by shooting. 

The four children were taken to Cook Children’s Hospital, and one adult was taken to another area hospital, officials said, adding the other adult did not want to go to the hospital. The victims’ conditions were not immediately provided. 

“It makes me sick to my stomach, it pisses me off,” said Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes. “It pisses me off. I’ve said many times. It makes me angry, and mad … There’s no reason anyone should be conducting themselves in such a violent dangerous way that children should be shot and, unfortunately, that’s what we’re dealing with, that someone chose to do something that stupid.”

There was no information on what led up to the shooting, or a possible motive. The suspect is not in custody.