Bail on Friday afternoon was set at $2 million for a teen charged in connection to a mysterious stabbing in the South Bay.
Seated in a wheelchair and with his right arm bandaged up, Saul J. Orozco pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
The prosecutor had requested a multi-million dollar bail because Orozco had tried to flee the scene after he’s accused of stabbing another man on Tuesday evening.
The fatal stabbing took place on Cielo Circulo near the reservoir and the Olympic Training Center.
Witnesses say the alleged victim, Carlos Guitierrez, was chased down and stabbed to death while trying to escape his attacker by running into a neighbor's home.
There were multiple locations outside where the victim was stabbed. The attack apparently began outside of a garage.
The two were friends, a Gutierrez family member said, but a motive was unclear.
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Orozco’s family members declined to speak to NBC 7 after the arraignment Friday afternoon.
