Dollar Tree employee ordered to trial in shoplifter’s stabbing death
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Dollar Tree employee has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a shoplifter.
Court records show a judge on Wednesday found sufficient evidence for the case against Dylan Matthew Franco to proceed. He’s due back in court on May 13.
Franco, 22, is being held without bail in the death of Aaron Delgado, 36.
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Footage taken inside the Dollar Tree on Columbus Street shows Delgado take items the evening of Feb. 21 then run out the back door, court filings say. An employee, identified as Franco, ran out the front door after an alarm sounded, according to the documents.
Video obtained from another camera captured Franco confronting Delgado on the south side of the building where “an apparent struggle ensued,” the filings say.
The footage shows Franco run away, the filings say. Delgado briefly chases him before walking into a nearby lot and collapsing. He was declared dead at the scene.
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