Man Is Stabbed to Death Outside San Clemente Bar
A 29-year-old man was killed in San Clemente late Wednesday after an argument with a man he met in a bar, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Jason Robinson and Jose Elias Sandoval Jr., both of San Clemente, got into an argument inside the Beach Hut, in the 1500 block of El Camino Real, said Jim Amormino, a sheriff’s spokesman.
When Robinson went outside to smoke about 11 p.m., Sandoval, also 29, stabbed him several times with a 6-inch hunting knife and fled, Amormino said.
About 2 1/2 hours later, sheriff’s deputies spotted a man who matched Sandoval’s description in the 100 block of Avenida Florencia, Amormino said. They took him back to the bar, where witnesses identified him as the man who had stabbed Robinson, he said.
Investigators said the men didn’t know each other and that they didn’t know what prompted the altercation.
Sandoval is being held at Orange County Jail on suspicion of murder. Bail has been set at $1 million.
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