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(Victim identified)…58 year old Heriberto Gonzalez Moreno was killed Monday.

El Centro Police responded to a report of a fight in the 200 block of Imperial Avenue in El Centro. When police arrived they found Moreno in a parking lot, bleeding from the head and neck. He was transported to El Centro Regional Medical Center, and later died from his injuries. The County Coroner’s Office says an autopsy was performed Tuesday. It was determined the man died from blunt force trauma to the head and neck and various stab wounds to the torso. A suspect, 26 year old Santos Velasquez was arrested and Wednesday he was booked into County Jail charged with murder. His bail was set at $1 million.