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Brenda Cruz Gutierrez

Case from Dallas, TX dated Dec 30, 2023

Victim Details

Brenda Cruz Gutierrez

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Dallas

TX

2023-12-30

29

Brenda

Cruz Gutierrez

07/10/2026

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On December 30, 2023, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Dallas Police officers conducted a welfare check at an apartment in the 10000 block of Steppington Drive in North Dallas. Upon arrival, they discovered 29-year-old Brenda Cruz and 28-year-old Jesus Magana, both deceased from gunshot wounds.

The preliminary investigation indicated that Magana fatally shot Cruz before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide. Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel responded and pronounced both indi ...
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  • Dallas News: 2 dead in apparent murder-suicide in North Dallas apartment, police say
  • Honoring Texas Victims 2023 | Texas Council on Family Violence
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