MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR STANTON BAR SHOOTING

 

For Immediate Release
Case # 13WF0932

September 20, 2013

Susan Kang Schroeder
Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718

Farrah Emami
Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486

 

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR

STANTON BAR SHOOTING

*Defendant surrendered after a 3-hour standoff at acquaintance’s Garden Grove home

 

SANTA ANA – A man was charged today with shooting-murder of a fellow patron at Stanton bar. Leobardo Villadares, 43, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of murder and a sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death. Villadares is being held on $1 million bail and is expected to be arraigned on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined.

 

On the night of Sept. 15, 2013, Villadares is accused of going to Oasis Bar in Stanton. He is accused of frequenting the bar and being acquainted with the staff. The defendant is accused of starting an altercation outside the bar with 48-year-old Francisco Salgado T. Villadares is accused of fatally shooting the victim twice before fleeing the scene on foot.

 

On Sept. 17, 2013, The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD), who investigated this case, issued a press release with a photo of the defendant.

 

At around 3:00 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2013, Villadares is accused of turning himself in just as members of the OCSD Special Weapons And Tactics Team were preparing to enter his home after a 3-hour standoff, during which Villadares is accused of declining officers’ requests to communicate. The Garden Grove Police Department assisted in the defendant’s arrest.

 

Senior Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.

 

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