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Charleston County Coroner's Office
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Max, Florentino Hernandez Reyes
Charleston County Coroner's Office
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Max, Florentino Hernandez Reyes
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Two Dobson Street roommates fought at least twice Tuesday before police found one man beaten and stabbed to death in a shed and the other man inside the house with bloodstained hands and clothes, North Charleston police said.
Officers arrested Jorge Luis Ortiz, 40, on a charge of murder. Ortiz, originally from Zacatecas, Mexico, lived at 5607 Dobson St. with the victim, who hasn’t been identified by the Charleston County Coroner’s office.
Neighbors said several Hispanic men live in the house.
A pedestrian flagged down an officer patrolling the Charleston Farms community at 6:37 p.m. Tuesday and said someone had been killed at his house, a police report said. Witnesses directed officers to Ortiz inside the house and to the storage shed on the property, where the victim’s partially clothed body was found seated on the ground, police said.
A detective’s affidavit released Wednesday after a bail hearing for Ortiz stated that the two men argued and fought as early as 2 a.m. Tuesday. A witness who saw the victim about five hours later said the man had a swollen face and told him Ortiz had beaten him up, according to the affidavit.
Witnesses told police that the men got into another fight at 9 a.m., when they saw Ortiz chasing the victim with a board, the affidavit said. Both men went into the house.
The first officers who arrived on Dobson Street said they found blood on the porch, in the living room and on the bathroom floor, according to a report.
No bail was set Wednesday for Ortiz because only a circuit judge can set bail on a murder charge.
Officers arrested Jorge Luis Ortiz, 40, on a charge of murder. Ortiz, originally from Zacatecas, Mexico, lived at 5607 Dobson St. with the victim, who hasn’t been identified by the Charleston County Coroner’s office.
Neighbors said several Hispanic men live in the house.
A pedestrian flagged down an officer patrolling the Charleston Farms community at 6:37 p.m. Tuesday and said someone had been killed at his house, a police report said. Witnesses directed officers to Ortiz inside the house and to the storage shed on the property, where the victim’s partially clothed body was found seated on the ground, police said.
A detective’s affidavit released Wednesday after a bail hearing for Ortiz stated that the two men argued and fought as early as 2 a.m. Tuesday. A witness who saw the victim about five hours later said the man had a swollen face and told him Ortiz had beaten him up, according to the affidavit.
Witnesses told police that the men got into another fight at 9 a.m., when they saw Ortiz chasing the victim with a board, the affidavit said. Both men went into the house.
The first officers who arrived on Dobson Street said they found blood on the porch, in the living room and on the bathroom floor, according to a report.
No bail was set Wednesday for Ortiz because only a circuit judge can set bail on a murder charge.
Julio Armando says he felt something wasn’t right when he got home from work Tuesday night.
Minutes later, he found his roommate’s body in a shed at the big white house where they lived on Dobson Street. Armando and his neighbors said there was a lot of noise Monday night at the house in the Charleston Farms community.
“Police are treating this incident as a homicide and are questioning a person of interest,” said Spencer Pryor, North Charleston police public information officer.
Neighbors said several Hispanic men lived in the house. “There are six or eight of them living there. I see them in and out all the time,” said Charles Kinard, who owns property across the street. “They were using their neighbor’s hose for water. I don’t know if they even have electricity in there.”
Authorities did not identify the deceased man or reveal how he died, but Armando said the man was from Mexico. Armando, speaking in Spanish, said he had an odd feeling when he got home and discovered his roommate when he opened the door to the shed.
Dozens of neighbors watched a bizarre scene as investigators climbed a ladder to retrieve a pair of pants on the roof of the house and snapped photos of three chickens roaming the property. Four 32-ounce bottles of beer and several empty food cans were on the lawn next to a trash can near the fence.
Willie Judge, 66, sat on the front porch of the house next door, shaking his head.
“It’s frightening,” he said. Judge said the men moved into the house at the end of 2007. He also heard a commotion coming from the house Monday night, he said.
Minutes later, he found his roommate’s body in a shed at the big white house where they lived on Dobson Street. Armando and his neighbors said there was a lot of noise Monday night at the house in the Charleston Farms community.
“Police are treating this incident as a homicide and are questioning a person of interest,” said Spencer Pryor, North Charleston police public information officer.
Neighbors said several Hispanic men lived in the house. “There are six or eight of them living there. I see them in and out all the time,” said Charles Kinard, who owns property across the street. “They were using their neighbor’s hose for water. I don’t know if they even have electricity in there.”
Authorities did not identify the deceased man or reveal how he died, but Armando said the man was from Mexico. Armando, speaking in Spanish, said he had an odd feeling when he got home and discovered his roommate when he opened the door to the shed.
Dozens of neighbors watched a bizarre scene as investigators climbed a ladder to retrieve a pair of pants on the roof of the house and snapped photos of three chickens roaming the property. Four 32-ounce bottles of beer and several empty food cans were on the lawn next to a trash can near the fence.
Willie Judge, 66, sat on the front porch of the house next door, shaking his head.
“It’s frightening,” he said. Judge said the men moved into the house at the end of 2007. He also heard a commotion coming from the house Monday night, he said.