BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The trial of a man charged with murder in the shooting death of a security guard outside a Bakersfield bar was postponed Monday to late October.
Jorge Esteban Garcia is now scheduled for trial Oct. 28, according to court records.
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Garcia, 27, is accused of shooting Joseph Anthony Reynaga outside McMurphy’s Irish Pub, where Reynaga worked, in the early hours of Jan. 28, 2024.
According to court filings, text messages obtained during the investigation revealed Garcia believed Reynaga had sexually assaulted his sister…