Trial in fatal shooting outside Pasco club delayed a month

The joint trial for two men accused of killing a Pasco teen outside a dance club has been postponed to Feb. 22.

Santos Flores-Alcaide attempted Thursday to get his case severed from that of his nephew, Enrique Alcaide.

Instead, Judge Robert Swisher ordered a four-week continuance in Franklin County Superior Court to give Flores-Alcaide's attorney more time to prepare. The trial originally was set to start Jan. 25.

Flores-Alcaide, 28, and Alcaide, 22, both are charged with one count of first-degree murder.

The older uncle has additional felony charges of first-degree assault and possession of a stolen gun.

Prosecutors allege the two confronted Eduardo Angon Del Villar outside La Tropicana on West Columbia Street early Aug. 30.

A fistfight broke out between the 19-year-old Angon Del Villar and Alcaide, who allegedly told his uncle to get a pistol from their vehicle.

Flores-Alcaide fired several shots at close range at Del Villar, then turned the gun on a witness who was trying to help the victim, court documents said.

The suspects were arrested a short time later by Pasco police as they were driving on Lewis Street, documents said.

Last month, Swisher approved a prosecution motion to consolidate the cases for the trial.

This story was originally published January 7, 2016 at 11:08 AM with the headline "Trial in fatal shooting outside Pasco club delayed a month."