A Chicago man charged in the shooting death of a young father at a Puerto Rican Day parade last month was ordered held without bail at a hearing Friday.

       Anthony Lorenzi, 34, of the 1000 block of North Hamlin Avenue, was arrested Tuesday night at O’Hare International Airport after he was extradited from California. Chicago police said Lorenzi was taken into custody July 9 in San Diego on suspicion of fatally shooting Gyovanny Arzuaga, 24, the night of June 19.

       A memorial to shooting victims Gyovanny Arzuaga, 24, and Yasmin Perez, 23, is attached to a pole on June 22, 2021 at the corner of West Division Street and North Spaulding Avenue in Humboldt Park in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/AP)

       At a bond hearing Friday, prosecutor James Murphy said Arzuaga and his girlfriend, Yasmin Perez, 23, who also was fatally shot that night, attended the parade in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. About 9 p.m. and nearing the end of the holiday festivities, the couple, who are survived by two children, rear-ended a parked car and the car’s owner confronted Arzuaga as a group of men, including Lorenzi, approached from across the street, Murphy said.

       The men tried to pull Arzuaga from the car, and Perez attempted to intervene before she was shot in the throat, Murphy said. Arzuaga then attempted to shield Perez as he was shot multiple times by Lorenzi, according to Murphy. Police have said their investigation points to Perez most likely being killed by a bullet that Arzuaga unintentionally discharged, and Lorenzi is not charged with her murder.

       Cook County Judge David Navarro called it “a celebration turned violent” before ordering Lorenzi be held without bail.

       Lorenzi allegedly purchased next-day plane tickets to San Diego 45 minutes after the slaying, Murphy said at the hearing. Witnesses identified Lorenzi and another unnamed defendant as part of the group that ambushed the car, and security video recorded the murder, according to the prosecutor.

       Attorney Michael Oppenheimer argued that Lorenzi acted in self-defense and to protect others.

       “This is not a trial; this is a bond hearing,” Oppenheimer said. “There’s two sides to every story.

       “If my client was a police officer, he would have been justified. But because he’s a felon, he’s charged with murder. … This is a tragedy of epic proportions.”

       Oppenheimer said Arzuaga was the aggressor, who “shot his own girlfriend.”

       “(Lorenzi) ran over … with his gun and got involved in something he had no business in,” Murphy said. “There is objectively no self-defense argument. He ends up buying a plane ticket for California. … Those are not the actions of somebody who is acting in self-defense.”

       Lorenzi faces up to a life sentence. He is expected back in court on Aug. 17.

       mprosser@chicagotribune.com

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