Trial Date Set for Rochester Shopping Center Murder Case

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A trial date has been set for a Rochester murder case. 

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20-year-old Isaac Gutierrez is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault in the death of 24-year-old Osbel Orneals. 

The Rochester man is accused of fatally shooting Orneals in the back of the head during a parking dispute at the Crossroads Shopping Center in southwest Rochester on the afternoon of Feb. 3. 

According to the criminal complaint, Gutierrez allegedly shot Ornelas while the victim and Gutierrez's older brother were fighting in the parking lot. 

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The court document says witnesses reported the fight broke out after the victim became upset when the older brother decided to back into a parking space, which blocked the path Ornelas was taking in his vehicle.

Both brothers were still at the scene when police arrived and claimed they were acting in self-defense.

The brother, 26-year-old José Gutierrez Ojeda, has been charged with second-degree assault felony counts of terroristic threats and two counts of aiding an offender after falsely claiming he was the shooter, court documents say. 

Isaac Gutierrez was in Olmsted County Court on Monday and formally entered not guilty pleas to the charges. A judge set a jury trial date for July 29. A pretrial hearing is scheduled to occur on July 17.

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