Alberto Montanez was 35 when he was fatally shot in Allentown, Pennsylvania, late on the night of Saturday, August 26, 2017. He was found in the area of the 700 block of North Eighth Street after someone in the neighborhood called police to report gunfire. Emergency crews took him to a nearby hospital, but he died in the early hours of the following morning. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound and classified it a homicide.

Allentown Police and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and sought surveillance footage. Investigators developed a timeline and followed leads that connected the shooting to an earlier altercation, ultimately resulting in an arrest warrant and the charging of an individual with criminal homicide. That person was later convicted for Montanez’s murder.

If anyone saw activity around North Eighth Street on August 26, 2017, or has information that hasn’t been shared with investigators, please come forward.