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Leonardo Campos Torres, 19, is charged with murder after police say he confessed to fatally shooting Cristian Montes, 35, at a celebration for the victim's son's baptism

The teenager claims he acted in self-defense and is seen with a battered and swollen face covered in bruises, a deep laceration and a bloody eye in his mugshot

Cristal Flores, a cousin of the victim who claims she attended the party and witnessed the shooting, said Torres' injuries were sustained as he tried to flee the scene

A family celebration turned into a crime scene after a father was fatally shot in the Texas town of Balch Springs, located approximately 20 miles south of Dallas.

Cristian Gabriel Montes, 35, was celebrating the baptism of his son and his daughter's birthday when he was shot dead sho

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