Second suspect to stand trial in Torrance restaurant shooting
Alejandro Alvarado produced the gun, loaded it and handed it to his cousin with directions to shoot the Mongol King dishwasher. Today, following a preliminary hearing, Alvarado was ordered to stand trial for killing 21-year-old Erasmo Antonio Artero-Santos.
Artero-Santos and the cousin, Victor Hernandez, had an ongoing feud, possibly over Hernandez's girlfriend, who worked at the restaurant. Hernandez was arrested the day after the Feb. 18, 2007, shooting, but Alvarado evaded capture by fleeing to Mexico. He was arrested in south of the border in December and extradited to Los Angeles in April to face murder charges.
The full story on the preliminary hearing will be in tomorrow's Daily Breeze.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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