Owner of Orr-Reed Wrecking was victim of fatal attack in Saturday bar fight.
50-year-old John Martin Hargrove was beaten to death during a fight at Club Extasis on East Grand Avenue in Old East Dallas. Today his brother confirms that Hargrove was the owner of Orr-Reed Wrecking Co. on Rock Island Street, a longtime local fixture.
Police also report that a witness is being threatened not to testify against 23-year-old Federico Prado, the suspect in the slaying. According to police, the witness has received text messages, cell phone calls and Facebook messages, despite having not been named in the arrest warrant affidavit naming Prado.
As we reported over the weekend, Hargrove and Prado got into a fight early Saturday morning at Club Extasis on East Grand Avenue in Old East Dallas. A witness told officers Prado kicked Hargrove in the head several times while he was on the ground.
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