"Two small groups of friends met for the first time at a San Francisco nightclub when the women invited the men to follow them back to their home in East Oakland for more socializing. That simple, unassuming invitation was the first in a chain of events that led to the killing of 23-year-old Guillermo Kelly-Torres at a home on the 9200 block of E Street in Oakland, according to witness testimony."
"Around 10 people ended up there for drinking, smoking, playing pool, and chatting, according to witness testimony. Everything was going fine, but there was a bit of tension between Sura-Martinez and Kelly-Torres, multiple eyewitnesses testified at the Aug. 12 preliminary hearing. At one point, the two men played pool for $20 and Kelly-Torres tried to hold out. Don't bet if you don't want to lose, Sura-Martinez allegedly told him, and Kelly-Torres paid up."
"A short time later, Sura-Martinez and his sister's friend were joking around about who would win in a fight. According to the woman and Sura-Martinez's sister, Kelly-Torres heard the word fight, decided they were talking about him, and became aggressive. He began challenging the group, which devolved into a physical fight between Kelly-Torres and Sura-Martinez. I was going to start swinging as well, just to defend my brother."
Two small groups of friends met at a San Francisco nightclub and the women invited the men back to a home in East Oakland for more socializing. Around 10 people gathered for drinking, smoking, pool and conversation. Tension developed between 22-year-old Juan Sura-Martinez and 23-year-old Guillermo Kelly-Torres after a pool game and jokes about fighting. A physical fight erupted between Sura-Martinez and Kelly-Torres, and witnesses heard gunshots. Kelly-Torres was killed at the E Street home. Sura-Martinez was picked up earlier and later was arrested; a judge upheld a murder count and Sura-Martinez now awaits trial.
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