2 Ordered to Trial in Slaying of Marine From Tustin
Two men have been ordered to stand trial on murder charges in the Christmas night shooting of a visiting Marine from Tustin.
Richard Andrew Garcia Jr., 23, is charged with first-degree murder and Robert Lawrence Vincent, 24, with second-degree murder in the slaying of Anthony Alvarado, 23, of San Antonio, Tex.
Municipal Judge Peter J. McBrien bound Garcia and Vincent over to Superior Court for trial after a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Both men are from the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights.
Alvarado, who was stationed at the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station, was shot in the head after he, two other Marines on Christmas leave and a civilian companion got into an argument with three other men at a convenience store where they stopped to buy beer.
Police said the argument began inside the store and spilled outside into the parking lot. The other men left in a car but returned a few minutes later, and shots were fired into the group of Marines.
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