On September 14, 2024, at about 1:42 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at the West End Pub and Pool near Southwest Parkway and Kemp Boulevard in Wichita Falls. Investigators found 27-year-old Giovanni Cesar deceased in the parking lot from a fatal gunshot wound. A second male, 20-year-old Marcus Fonseca, later arrived at United Regional with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and was transferred to a Fort Worth hospital.

Detectives reviewed witness interviews and video footage. Authorities say video showed Fonseca walking through the parking lot with his right hand in his pocket before shots were fired; two people appeared to shout at him. Video reportedly shows Cesar walking at a normal pace before a gunshot dropped him to the ground, after which Fonseca fled toward an adjacent lot and additional shots were heard. Fonseca was arrested on September 25, 2024, by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Fort Worth and charged with Cesar’s murder, held on $750,000 bond. Investigators concluded there was no imminent threat of deadly force to Fonseca before the fatal shot.

Cesar, known as Moody G, left behind his partner Darian and four young children; a GoFundMe was set up to help the family. If anyone was at the West End Pub and Pool that night or has video or information, please come forward.