Man charged with murder in parking lot stabbing in Pasadena

PASADENA — A murder charge was filed Wednesday against a 19-year-old man accused of stabbing a 30-year-old man in a store parking lot in Pasadena.

Enrique Antonio Real of Baldwin Park was arraigned at the Pasadena courthouse and remains in custody in lieu of $2.02 million bail pending his next court date on Oct. 21.

Officers responded to several calls about a man stabbing another man in the 100 block of East Orange Grove Boulevard, near Fair Oaks Avenue, at 8:15 p.m. Friday, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Christopher Flores of Altadena was found on the ground bleeding profusely and later died at a hospital, police said.

Witnesses directed officers through an alley where the suspect was last seen running away. Real was found not far from the crime scene and was taken into custody without incident, police said.

A preliminary investigation determined the victim was walking north through a CVS parking lot with Real walking alongside in the same direction when, for unknown reasons, the suspect allegedly stabbed the victim several times, police said.

A bloodied knife and other evidence was recovered from the scene, according to investigators.