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Rafael Mendoza-Pineda

Case from Shelbyville, TN dated Aug 26, 2022

Victim Details

Rafael Mendoza-Pineda

Male

White / Caucasian

Shelbyville

TN

2022-08-26

43

Rafael

Mendoza-Pineda

07/11/2026

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On a Friday night in Shelbyville, Tennessee, the life of 43-year-old Rafael Mendoza-Pineda was tragically cut short. On August 26, 2022, at approximately 10:30 p.m., shots rang out at the Davis Estates Apartments on Anthony Lane. Responding officers from the Shelbyville Police Department discovered Mendoza-Pineda in a foyer of the apartment complex where he resided. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body and head from a handgun and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  • https://www.wsmv.com: Homicide investigation underway in Shelbyville
  • WTVF: Suspect sought after man shot, killed in Shelbyville apartment
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