Overview
- Prosecutors say the girl’s mother discovered a video of an apparent sexual assault on the child’s phone on July 15, 2026, which prompted police to visit the family home.
- The next day, July 16, 2026, prosecutors say Malik Chandler pretended to be his 11-year-old daughter on TikTok to lure Diego Montoya Gonzalez to the house and then shot him twice.
- Montoya Gonzalez was arrested, prosecutors say investigators found multiple videos of child sexual abuse on his phone, and a grand jury indicted him on counts including two rape charges, five counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, and obstruction.
- Chandler was charged with felonious assault and related weapons counts, is held on a $100,000 bond, and told investigators he planned to detain Gonzalez but fired after believing Gonzalez reached for a gun.
- The case has immediate legal consequences for both men and broader implications for how courts treat vigilante actions and digital evidence from platforms like TikTok during child-sex-abuse investigations.