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Cesar Montelongo

Case from Grand-prairie, TX dated Dec 24, 2022

Victim Details

Cesar Montelongo

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Grand-prairie

TX

2022-12-24

53

Cesar

Montelongo

07/08/2026

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Cesar Montelongo, a 53-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot on December 24, 2022, while working as a maintenance worker at the Clayton Pointe Apartment Complex in Grand Prairie, Texas. Montelongo was on a resident's balcony checking for burst pipes due to recent freezing temperatures when the resident, believing Montelongo to be a burglar, shot him through a window. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner ruled Montelongo's death a homicide.

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  • Grand Prairie man shoots & kills maintenance worker he mistook for burglar
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