Montag does not actually die within the pages of Fahrenheit 451. At the end, he has joined a new society of "book people," who live in the woods. His death is staged, however, by his old society. The mechanical dog attacks a man walking on the street, which is aired on live tv. They say that the man is Montag, so that all the viewers believe they are safe.
The way the attack is presented does seem normal. The people blindly accept whatever is fed to them, so they believe Montag is bad and that his death is good. It does not seem that they even question whether murder itself is wrong.
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