09/12/2026
In Columbus, Ohio, 31-year-old father Malik Chandler faces up to 18 years in prison after being charged with felonious assault for shooting a man he lured to his home. The incident began after the victim's mother discovered a video on her 11-year-old daughter's phone depicting s*xual assault. Acting on the discovery, Chandler logged into his daughter's TikTok account, posed as her, and convinced 20-year-old Diego Montoya Gonzalez to return to the house. Chandler told detectives he originally intended to restrain the suspect until police arrived, but when Montoya Gonzalez reached toward his pocket during the confrontation, Chandler feared he was pulling a weapon, picked up a handgun off the counter, and shot him twice.
Montoya Gonzalez survived the shooting and was subsequently indicted on multiple severe charges, including two counts of r*pe and five counts of pandering s*xually oriented material involving a minor, after investigators uncovered extensive child ab*se material on his phone. Meanwhile, Chandler was arrested and held on a $100,000 bond for felonious assault. Public outrage flared online when court records revealed that Montoya Gonzalez's cash bond was set at $50,000—half that of the father who shot him—igniting widespread debate over self-defense laws, court priorities, and parental protection versus vigilante justice as both men await their respective trials.
