Hemet Man Arrested in Strip Club Shooting
A Hemet man has been arrested in the fatal shooting this week of a bouncer at a Santa Ana strip club, authorities said Thursday.
Carlos Rosario Gonzales, 34, is to be arraigned Oct. 20 in the death of Michael Blankenhorn in the parking lot of the California Girls Night Club in the 1100 block of Harbor Boulevard. A fight broke out after Blankenhorn, 26, asked Gonzales and his friends to leave the club Monday about 6:45 p.m., police said.
During the fight, Gonzales allegedly left and then returned with a gun and shot the bouncer in the back, police said.
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