Man thought to have died in wreck was shot, police say
BY DEANNA BOYD
dboyd@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — Police are investigating the slaying of a 66-year-old Houston-area man who was initially thought to have died as the result of an auto accident.
Daniel Obrine was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m. April 26 at the scene of what appeared to be a single-vehicle wreck in the 1700 block of South Riverside Drive in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth police Sgt. Cheryl Johnson said police are still looking for witnesses to the wreck, in which Obrine’s 1999 Ford pickup overturned.
Homicide investigators were assigned to the case Friday after Tarrant County Medical Examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani notified police that Obrine’s death was the result of a homicide, not an accident, according to a police report.
Obrine died from a gunshot wound to the face, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Johnson said Obrine lived in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, but had been working in the area for the Texas Department of Transportation. She said homicide investigators are trying to trace where Obrine was in the hours leading up to the wreck.
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