A convicted felon accused of gunning down a 52-year-old man outside a store in Riverside’s Eastside neighborhood must stand trial for murder and other offenses, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Jose Manuel Leon Navarrette, 25, of Riverside was arrested earlier this year following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the death of Carlos Delreal, also of Riverside.

At the end of a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Charles Koosed found there was sufficient evidence to bound Navarrette over for trial on the murder count, as well as sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

The judge scheduled a post-preliminary hearing arraignment for Oct. 28 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

Navarrette is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byr

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