BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man accused of fatally shooting a security guard outside McMurphy’s Irish Pub has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder.
Jorge Esteban Garcia, 25, is due back in court Oct. 7 after a judge this week ruled there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed.
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Garcia’s girlfriend, Desiree Sanchez, was also ordered to stand trial. She’s charged with being an accessory after the fact; investigators say she lied to provide an alibi for Garcia.
Garcia is accused of killing Joseph Anthony Reynaga early Jan. 28. According to police reports, he believed a family member had been sexually assaulted by Reynaga two days earlier.
Surveillance video captured Reynaga walking toward the bar from a parking lot just south of the establishment when the shooter approached.
Dressed all in black, the gunman fired multiple times, according to witnesses. Video captured what appeared to be a muzzle flash.