SUSPECTED BAR SHOOTER SAYS NOT ME

A man who ran to Mexico after a deadly shooting at a south Bakersfield bar has pleaded not guilty.

Bail has been set at $2 million for 25-year-old Gabriel Verdugo, who was arraigned Thursday on a first-degree murder charge. He was captured in Mexico on Tuesday for killing Elvis Gonzales two years ago at El Escorpion on Chester Avenue.

Suzanne Grant