SAN DIEGO – A choose declined to set any bail Monday for a person suspected of stabbing a Mission Seaside bartender after allegedly threatening to kill everybody within the restaurant.
Deputy District Lawyer Amanda Perez referred to the Sept. 18 incident at Moe’s Steakhouse at 3768 Mission Boulevard, by which a bartender was stabbed seven occasions for no obvious motive.
The sufferer, Matt Harden, whose age was unavailable, was consuming lunch within the restaurant on the time. Harden was hospitalized in crucial situation, and it’s believed he’ll survive his accidents.
Various individuals already within the restaurant stopped the assault. One man hit the suspect with a rock.
Hector Manuel Vasquez II, 42, is charged with tried homicide and housebreaking. He apparently entered the restaurant by way of an unlocked door. It isn’t but identified whether or not he knew the sufferer.
A witness informed police he noticed Vasquez slip into the restaurant holding a knife.
“He made feedback that he was going to kill everybody within the restaurant,” mentioned Decide Perez, including that Harden was stabbed within the face and stomach.
Perez mentioned if Vasquez was convicted of premeditated tried homicide, he might face a 50-year sentence in jail. She requested San Diego Superior Courtroom Decide Euketa Oliver for $3 million bail.
Vasquez’s lawyer, Kevin Haughton, requested for bail “at what he can afford” and recommended $100,000 bail.
In denying bail, Oliver mentioned Vasquez confronted a life sentence in jail and in addition represented a flight danger.
“This was unprovoked and the sufferer was a stranger,” mentioned Oliver. “Bail is denied.”
Vasquez stood watching the proceedings behind a glass module in blue jail garments. He mentioned nothing aside from “not responsible” to all prices.
A preliminary listening to was set for Oct. 6.
