Fight Outside Bar Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Hurt

One man was killed and two other men were wounded in a fight outside a bar in North Hollywood on Sunday morning, police said.

Manuel Rocha, 35, of North Hollywood was shot once in the upper body and died in the street outside the El Senioral bar at 5761 Lankershim Blvd. A second man, Felipe Rodriguez, 21, of North Hollywood, was shot once in the chest and was also found in the street. He was taken to Holy Cross Medical Center, where he was in serious but stable condition.

A third man, Daniel Rosales, 22, of Hollywood, who suffered two knife wounds, was arrested inside the bar on suspicion of murder, said Detective Mike Coffey. Coffey said Rodriguez would also be arrested on suspicion of murder.

According to Coffey, as many as five people began fighting inside the bar about 1 a.m. The men decided to go outside to settle their differences, and knives and a gun were produced. Police later found a knife and a gun at the scene.

A woman who answered the telephone at El Senioral refused to talk about the fight.