The Latest: Friend: Starbucks victim was Georgian immigrant
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Latest on a weekend shooting at a Starbucks in Las Vegas that left one man dead (all times local):
12:35 p.m.
A friend says a man shot and killed at a Las Vegas Starbucks over the weekend was an immigrant from the country of Georgia who once worked as a longshoreman in Long Beach, California.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vladimir Shtromberg of Redondo Beach tells The Associated Press that victim Aleksandr Khutsishvili (koot-shish-VEE'-lee) once lived at his home and was friends with his son since childhood.
Shtromberg says 41-year-old Khutsishvili was the kind of person who would step in try to stop a robbery if he saw one. He says Khutsishvili came from Tblisi (tib-LEE'-see), Georgia.
Pedro Jose Garcia appeared in court for the first time Wednesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Witnesses say he entered the Starbucks after his credit card was declined at the drive-thru and shot twice into the ceiling before shooting Khutsishvili.
Garcia's defense attorney, Edward Kane, says he expects Garcia will plead not guilty.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}8:45 a.m.
A court date was postponed until Friday for an ex-felon accused of killing a Starbucks customer during a weekend coffee shop shooting in Las Vegas.
The delay came Wednesday, after Pedro Jose Garcia's court-appointed public defender asked a judge for time to confirm whether his office has can represent Garcia in the case.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The attorney, Edward Kane, said outside court he expects Garcia will plead not guilty.
The 34-year-old Garcia is accused of killing 41-year-old Aleksandr Khutsishvili (koot-shish-VEE'-lee) with a gunshot to the chest with a .22-caliber handgun.
Witnesses say Garcia entered the store after his payment card was declined Sunday at the drive-thru window, and shot twice into the ceiling before shooting Khutsishvili.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say the two men exchanged angry words, but didn't appear to know each other previously.