{"id":140054,"date":"2026-03-16T22:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140054\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:47:53","slug":"2023-jose-tirado-ramirez-death-case-ends-with-no-criminal-charges-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140054\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Jose Tirado-Ramirez death case ends with no criminal charges | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Two men who were facing homicide and assault charges in the death of 27-year-old Jose Tirado-Ramirez have been found not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Tirado-Ramirez died at the hospital after he was shot near the C-Town Market on Tilghman Street in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Adalberto Morales-Ortiz and Axel Gadiel Fontanez-Morales were both found not guilty of criminal homicide in court proceedings Friday. Aggravated Assault charges were also withdrawn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/2-men-opened-fire-on-allentown-homicide-victim-police-say\/article_846e8ebc-f3fc-11ed-87b6-d3de4f73957b.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"2 men opened fire on Allentown homicide victim, police say\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"2 men opened fire on Allentown homicide victim, police say\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6463ac4c23949.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">The 27-year-old victim interacted with a group of people outside the supermarket before the gunfire, according to court paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/lehigh-county\/allentown-area\/jury-selection-begins-for-trial-of-two-men-accused-in-2023-allentown-shooting\/article_2182d842-f388-495c-b70f-454ce9d32497.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Jury selection begins for trial of two men accused in 2023 Allentown shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Jury selection begins for trial of two men accused in 2023 Allentown shooting\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69af38ca21fdc.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">Adalberto Morales-Ortiz and Axel Fontanez-Morales are facing homicide and assault charges in the death of 27-year-old Jose Tirado-Ramirez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Two men who were facing homicide and assault charges in the death of 27-year-old Jose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,232,153,155,154,433,805],"class_list":["post-140054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown-area","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-lehigh-county","tag-lehighvalley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}