FWST: Trial begins for ex-firefighter who punched elderly TCU fan

Trial begins for ex-Fort Worth firefighter accused of punching older …

BY MITCH MITCHELL mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com

 FORT WORTH – A former Fort Worth firefighter accused of sucker-punching an elderly TCU football fan faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted during his trial this week.
Shea O’Neill, 43, was arrested in April 2015 after he and an Arlington man, James Woods, then 78, had a heated exchange about O’Neill’s children playing on the railing at Amon G. Carter Stadium. The argument ended with a punch being thrown, according to authorities.

TCU police later arrested O’Neill on a warrant accusing him of injury to the elderly, a first-degree felony. …


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