Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: Local hospital
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status:
Incident: According to KCSO, deputies responded to a call of a shooting at the motel, near the Golden West Casino, around 4 a.m. on Dec. 8.
Investigators found one man suffering from a gunshot wound at the scene. The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead KCSO said through a news release.
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Case Number: 2024-02977
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93518
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The woman was identified as Andrea Marie Conner, 56, of Caliente. Officials say Conner was shot by another in the 17000 block of Indian Creek Road on Nov. 27 just after 4 p.m.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93268
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Officials with the sheriff’s office say deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of Crystal Street on Nov. 27 around 10 p.m. for the report of a male suffering trauma to his torso.
Medical personnel declared the male dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-02928
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: BPD investigators responded to 1101 E. Belle Terrace, for a welfare check, around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 21.
At the scene, officials found a male victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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Case Number: 2024-02826
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Medical Facility
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Nick Vedol Lopez, 55, was attacked at 7:38 p.m. on Sunday in a recreation yard, according to a release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Correctional officers used pepper spray to stop the assault. Lopez died while being transported to a medical facility, coroner’s officials said.
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Case Number: 2024-02827
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93311
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: 15-year-old suspect surrendered to the bakersfield Police Department.
Incident: A 15-year-old boy was shot at the Marketplace around 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 11. He was taken to Kern Medical where he was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Medical Facility
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said Darius J. Swain, 41, died after he was found unresponsive in his cell on Nov. 9. Swain’s death is being investigated as a homicide.
Swain’s cellmate, Gregory Clark, 58, was found with blood on his clothing and was taken into custody, according to a release.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Officials with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office told 17 News deputies were first dispatched to the 1600 block of Lincoln Street around 1:55 a.m. for a shooting.
At the scene, deputies found one victim of a shooting. The man was taken to Kern Medical where he was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Two men were found dead Oct. 29 at a home in south Bakersfield, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials said deputies were called to a home on Cresson Court near Charterten Avenue at around 4:10 p.m. for a report of a possible crime.
Inside the home, deputies found two men dead of gunshot wounds, a KCSO spokesperson said. Homicide detectives were called to the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-02704
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Officers arrived and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, the department said in a statement. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-02693
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93560
Place of Death: Antelope Valley Hospital
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Officials with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said deputies received multiple calls regarding a shooting at 3400 15th Street West in Rosamond around 1:20 a.m. Sunday.
Deputies arrived at the scene and found a male subject suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93309
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Two women are dead after a murder-suicide early Oct. 27 in southwest Bakersfield, according to Bakersfield police.
Detectives were dispatched to a residence in the 7500 block of Lordsburg Drive, just east of Gosford Road, to check the welfare of a resident around 3 a.m.
When detectives entered the home, they found two adult women dead inside the home. According to BPD’s preliminary investigation, the incident appears to be a murder-suicide.
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Case Number: 2024-02617
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Around 1:54 a.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to the 1300 block of Ogden Street and discovered a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to Kern Medical and was later pronounced deceased.
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Case Number: 2024-02556
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93241
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: The juvenile arrested in the shooting death of Tristen Rudy Alexander Aguilar Rodriguez in Lamont has been identified by prosecutors as Javier Leo Armendariz.
Prosecutors said a petition alleging first-degree murder has been filed against Armendariz. His age was not released.
Incident: The victim, Tristen Rudy Alexander Aguilar Rodriguez, was found dead around noon on Oct. 10 in the 8800 block of Gregory Avenue, according to sheriff’s officials.
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Case Number: 2024-02557
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93304
Place of Death: Local hospital
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Police made two arrests: Gregory Joseph Macdonald, 29, and Chandy Ann McCarthy, 40, both of Reno.
MacDonald was booked on suspicion of aggravated child abuse causing death, and McCarthy on suspicion of felony child endangerment, police said.
Incident: Police were called to the 300 block of Vernal Place in central Bakersfield on Thursday to a report of a child in medical distress. Officers assisted in life-saving efforts and the child was rushed to a hospital. She was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-02500
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93314
Place of Death: Mercy Hospital Southwest
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Lawrence James Leyvas was stabbed around 2 a.m. on Oct. 6 in northwest Bakersfield, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Leyvas was taken to Mercy Hospital Southwest where he was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-02478
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93241
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Homicide detectives were sent to Paradise Road in Lamont regarding a man who died after being shot, sheriff’s officials said.
A 17 News crew reported multiple Kern County Sheriff’s Office vehicles, investigators and a coroner’s unit at the scene. A body was seen in the roadway; it was taken away by coroner’s officials.
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Case Number: 2024-02483
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93301
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Christopher Tovar, 33, and Lacey Guerra, 40, were arrested Oct. 4 under suspicion of murder, police said.
Incident: Bakersfield police responded to reports of a shooting victim on Oct. 4 and confirmed a man died on scene.
Around 1:50 p.m., the Bakersfield Police Department and medical responders were on the scene of a man who was shot and killed by an unknown suspect at a residence near the intersection of Panama and 30th streets.
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Case Number: 2024-02466
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-Involved Shooting
Zip Code: 93309
Place of Death: Local hospital
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Police were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Blomquist Drive near Belle Terrace. BPD and sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 caller who said they heard unknown voices coming from inside the home, just after midnight.
Officers at the scene contacted a man who was still inside the residence, whom the homeowner did not know, police said. After multiple attempts were made to get the suspect out, BPD said the man became assaultive toward officers and an officer-involved shooting happened.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93280
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Felix Vasquez-Hernandez, 42, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and was ordered held without bail.
Incident: Sheriff’s officials say deputies were dispatched Sept. 24 to a report of a stabbing in the 13000 block of Wildwood Road.
They found a woman in Vasquez-Hernandez’s trailer, her hands bound behind her back, ankles tied together and a cord looped around her neck, according to a probable cause declaration.
She had an apparent stab wound to her back, according to the declaration. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A relative of the woman told investigators she had gone to Vasquez-Hernandez’s trailer to offer him food. When she didn’t return, the relative went to check on her, saw her facedown and unresponsive in the trailer, then ran to get help.
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Case Number: 2024-02383
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The coroner identified 26-year-old Kevin Cortez as the victim of a fatal shooting in the 700 block of McClean Avenue on Sept. 22. Deputies responded to the scene at 4:09 a.m. and discovered Cortez with gunshot wounds.
He was transported to Kern Medical where he was later pronounced deceased.
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Case Number: 2024-02371
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: At 2 a.m. on Sept. 21, police were called to Memorial Hospital to a report of a stabbing victim who had just arrived. He was transferred to Kern Medical, where he died around 8 a.m., police said.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Medical facility
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: An inmate at Kern Valley State Prison died Sept. 19 after an apparent attack with an inmate-manufactured weapon, his cellmate also suffering injuries, prison officials said.
Jacob Kober, 35, was pronounced dead at 7:52 p.m., about 30 minutes after prison staff found him wounded and unresponsive in his cell, according to a release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: Local hospital
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed a woman was killed and another person wounded in a shooting in Oildale. She was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Rodrigo Lara, 31, was arrested in connection to this homicide.
Incident: Alerted by a ShotSpotter notification — which recorded eight gunshots — police went to the 400 block of Lloyd Street and found a man in a driveway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to a Bakersfield Police Department release. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-02138
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93250
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: McFarland Police Department
Judicial Status: Michael Mendez, 22, of Delano was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection to the killing of 34-year-old Xavier Lopez of McFarland.
Incident: The McFarland Police Department said officers were dispatched to the 200 block of East Perkins Avenue for a report of a shooting at around 9:37 p.m. on Aug. 24.
Officials said officers found a man lying in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medical responders, the department said.
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Case Number: 2024-02136
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93280
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Investigators at the prison reviewed video surveillance of the incident and saw two other inmates, identified as Jose Landeros, 27, and Michael S. Padilla, 37, enter Dominguez’s cell and began to fight.
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Case Number: 2024-02095
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93301
Place of Death: Inland Valley Care and Rehabilitation Center
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Dennis Paul Clevenger was arrested in connection to the deadly assault.
Incident: On the night of April 27, Rodolfo Arredondo III, 58, was sleeping outside just north of 22nd Street in Downtown Bakersfield when Clevenger walked past him several times, according to a probable cause declaration.
Surveillance video shows Clevenger, 37, retrieve a blunt object from his pants, raise it above his head then slam it down on Arredondo’s head, according to the declaration.
Arredondo managed to get up and walk to a gas station. He was taken to a hospital where it was determined he had bleeding on the brain and blood clots, according to the declaration.
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Case Number: 2024-02006
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Medical Facility
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said inmates Raymond Rojas, 25 and Tyler Ostertag, 29, are accused of attacking Johnny Victor, 66, with a makeshift weapon at around 10:43 a.m. Friday. Staff at the prison were able to stop the attack and restrained Rojas and Ostertag.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-Involved Shooting
Zip Code: 93255
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: One person was fatally shot in Onyx by a Kern County deputy during an investigation into a possible restraining order violation the morning of Aug. 7, according to officials.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93301
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Ricardo Valles, 39, was arrested in connection to this homicide.
Incident: Police were called to the 400 block of 20th Street early Aug. 4 and found a woman injured and unconscious, according to a Bakersfield Police Department release. She was taken to Kern Medical, where she died on Aug. 8.
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Case Number: 2024-01910
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93241
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Officials with the sheriff’s office say Gabriel Prieto, 23, and Romieo Narvaez, 24, were both arrested on suspicion of murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit crime.
Incident: Deputies were called around 9:30 p.m. to a crash at the intersection of Georgetown Avenue and Field Street, sheriff’s spokeswoman Lori Meza said. A man found in a sedan had “major injuries” and was declared dead at the scene, she said. The man was found with an apparent gunshot wound.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93306
Place of Death: Hospital
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Ashley Ruiz, 38, Rhys Casterline, 22, and Gabriel Valle, 24, are suspects in the July 18 shooting of a man identified by family as Robert Overdevest, who died three days later.
Incident: Sheriff’s officials said the shooting happened at about 6:48 p.m. on Mt. Vernon Avenue, between Quincy Street and Pacific Drive on July 18. Overdevest had been in an argument with the suspects, detectives say, when one of them shot him.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A deadly shooting that claimed two lives the morning of July 11 is being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
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Case Number: 2024-01642
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Oscar Hernandez Garcia, 44, was arrested on July 7 in connection to the death of Felix Mardoqueo Flores Hernandez, 39, in the 200 block of Teakwood Drive, officials said.
Incident: A spokesperson with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the mobile home community in Oildale for a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian. Investigators determined the collision was not an accident and investigated it as a homicide.
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Case Number: 2024-01554
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Adventist Health Delano
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A 24-year-old inmate died Friday after being attacked by three other inmates at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, according to prison officials.
Dwight Gibbs was pronounced dead about an hour after the assault, according to a release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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Case Number: 2024-01451
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Jesus Navarro-Razo, 43, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Incident: Jesus Navarro-Razo, 43, told police he became upset, grabbed a 3-foot stick and hit his girlfriend in the head, knocking her unconscious, according to a probable cause declaration. Then he struck her in the head three or four more times, he told police.
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Case Number: 2024-01430
Cause of death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93220
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: On June 14, Shawn Eugene Jones, a 40-year-old man from Bakersfield, was found dead in the 12300 block of Edison Highway, according to the Kern County Coroner’s Office.
Deputies discovered Jones with multiple gunshot wounds at about 9:48 p.m. After a postmortem investigation, the coroner’s office ruled the manner of death a homicide.
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Case Number: 2024-01310
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93560
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Raul Rodriguez, 42, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Incident: Coroner officials say Gary Lee Martin, 48, of Rosamond was found dead in the 1900 block of Harvell Street on May 31 just before 6 a.m.
Martin was found on Harvell Street with traumatic injuries.
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Case Number: 2024-01293
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93505
Place of Death: Antelope Valley Hospital
Agency: California City Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Police said one person is dead following a shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in California City.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A man was shot by another in the 100 block of Union Avenue. He died at the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-01194
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-Involved Shooting
Zip Code: 93312
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Robert Eugene Robinson was shot during an officer-involved shooting. Robinson was taken to Kern Medical where he was pronounced dead three days later.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Medical facility
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: Both suspects were moved to restrictive housing.
Incident: Raul E. Mendoza sustained multiple stab wounds, according to CDCR. He was taken to an outside medical facility for a higher level of care where he was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-01081
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: BPD detectives arrested Jeremy Roberts, 37, for murder charges.
Incident: Police were called at about 2:15 a.m. April, 30 to a report of a stabbing in the area of Butte and Tulare streets, according to a Bakersfield Police Department release. They found an injured man who was taken to Kern Medical and later pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-01052
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93314
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Investigators arrested Jaime Regalado Avalos for murder and Nora Lina Vasquez Hernandez for accessory to murder.
Incident: A KCSO spokesperson said deputies were called to the area of Stockdale Highway and Superior Road for a report of someone down. The sheriff’s office said a 33-year-old woman’s body was located there.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93304
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Marlon Burch and Rodney Gipson were both arrested on suspicion of murder and participating in a criminal street gang.
Incident: Officers with the Bakersfield Police Department were called to the area of V and 8th streets, for a report of shots fired. A man was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-01032
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93241
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Xavier Buenrostro, a 21-year-old from Lamont, was shot and killed in the 7900 block of Buena Vista Boulevard, according to the Kern County Coroner’s Office.
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Case Number: 2024-01001
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of Panorama Park, according to police. Officers were dispatched to River Boulevard and Panorama Drive at 11 p.m. and located a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
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Case Number: 2024-01000
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Paul Magallanes, 36, was arrested on suspicion of murder, according to sheriff’s officials.
Incident: Coroner’s officials say Margarita Lopez, 38, of Bakersfield, was shot in the 1200 block of Pearl Street around 10:44 p.m. Friday. She was taken to Kern Medical where she was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-00952
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Officials say Adejda Elba Welsh Worrell, 59, of Bakersfield was found dead at the residence in the 200 block of Universe Avenue around 5:30 p.m. on April 13.
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Case Number: 2024-00862
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, David Dodd was allegedly attacked in a fight with another inmate, identified as Michael Darden, Jr., 47. Medical staff was called to the scene and said Dodd was stabbed multiple times. He was taken to an medical facility at the prison where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
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Case Number: 2024-00654
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-Involved Shooting
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The coroner identified Cole Jackson Hughes, 53, of Bakersfield as the man who was shot in the 200 block of East Beardsley Avenue just after 1 p.m. Hughes was transported to Kern Medical Hospital for treatment and later died from his injuries, according to officials.
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Case Number: 2024-00734
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The coroner’s office identified the man as Reginald Charles Johnson, 51. He died at Kern Medical on March 19 of his injuries from a shooting on March 4, according to a coroner’s release.
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Case Number: 2024-00591
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Detectives identified and arrested Tyrell Cooper on suspicion of murder, along with additional charges related to this incident.
Incident: BPD said officers were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of Clyde Street just after 8 a.m. for a report of an assault. Upon arrival, officers found a man dead with signs of trauma.
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Case Number: 2024-00586
Cause of death: Gunshot wound of arm
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Johnny Lee Romeriz Castro was found unresponsive and confirmed to be dead at the 1000 block of Flower Street.
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Case Number: 2024-00501
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Dylan Franco, 21, of Bakersfield was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in this case.
Incident: Police were dispatched to the 2600 block of Haley Street for the report of a subject down. The person was found with an apparent stab wound and was dead at the scene. Homicide detectives responded.
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Case Number: 2024-00461
Cause of death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93241
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Deputies from the Lamont Substation and Metropolitan Patrol were dispatched to the 10300 block of Tatum Street at about 7:32 p.m. for a report of a shooting.
Upon their arrival, deputies say they found two unresponsive men suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other victim was pronounced dead after being transported to a nearby hospital.
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Case Number: 2024-00462
Cause of death: PendinMultiple gunshot woundsg
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93241
Place of Death: In transport
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Deputies from the Lamont Substation and Metropolitan Patrol were dispatched to the 10300 block of Tatum Street at about 7:32 p.m. for a report of a shooting.
Upon their arrival, deputies say they found two unresponsive men suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other victim was pronounced dead after being transported to a nearby hospital.
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Case Number: 2024-00393
Cause of death: Blunt force trauma
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Margaret Eichhorst, 32, was arrested in connection to this homicide.
Incident: KCSO deputies responded to the 500 block of El Tejon Avenue in Bakersfield for a report of a 3-year-old child not breathing. The child had injuries consistent with child abuse and was declared deceased on the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-00362
Cause of death: Multiple Stab Wounds
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Leonard John Johnson, 43, of Bakersfield was found with multiple stab wounds on Cottonwood Road near Buena Vista Road on Feb. 7.
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Case Number: Pending
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Medical facility
Agency: CDCR
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said eight inmates attacked inmate Juan Trujillo, 50, using makeshift weapons in a recreational yard.
Trujillo’s death is being investigated as a homicide.
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Case Number: 2024-00321
Cause of death: Gunshot wound of the chest
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93301
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Arreola was found dead just before midnight on Jan. 31 in a lot in the 2500 block of H Street, according to the coroner’s office. The coroner said Arreola died of a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was a homicide.
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Case Number: 2024-00267
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93305
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Jorge Esteban Garcia, 24, was arrested and charged in the killing of Joseph Anthony Reynaga.
Incident: BPD officers responded to a shooting at around 2:25 a.m. in the 10 block of Monterey Street. Upon their arrival, officers found Reynaga with gunshot injuries in the roadway.
Reynaga was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-00274
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93280
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Deputies at the Wasco substation received reports of a man suffering from gunshot wounds in the area of 10th Place and Adams Street, just before 8 p.m. The man was pronounced dead.
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Case Number: 2024-00300
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93215
Place of Death: Valley Children’s Hospital
Agency: Delano Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Garcia was assaulted in an incident and was later pronounced dead at the Children's Hospital in Madera
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Case Number: 2024-00206
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93203
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Arvin Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Coroner officials say Adrian Avila, 31, of Arvin, was shot at the intersection of Walnut Drive and Sycamore Road after 9 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 21.
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Case Number: 2024-00175
Cause of death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-Involved Shooting
Zip Code: 93301
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Chester Avenue early Thursday around 2:24 a.m. for a shot spotter activation, according to the police department.
At the scene, an armed suspect was found in a vehicle. Police say the suspect fired gunshots at the officers.
Officers at the scene were told by a witness the suspect was possibly armed with an explosive device or grenade. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2024-00154
Cause of death: Gunshot Wound of chest
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The coroner identified the victim as Roger Alan Maestas, 39, of Bakersfield. Maestas was pronounced dead following a shooting in the 1000 block of Clyde Street on Jan. 16.
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Case Number: 2024-00120
Cause of death: Gunshot wound of neck
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93313
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The shooting was reported in the 6000 block of Provincetown Avenue, just north of Taft Highway. A person was found with major injuries, police said. Jayden Henry Marvin Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Case Number: 2024-00106
Cause of death: Multiple Stab Wounds
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93311
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Bakersfield Police Department homicide detectives identified the suspect as Adam Danforth, 39, of Bakersfield. Danforth was arrested at the San Ysidro US – Mexico Border.
Incident: A man was found with stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man arrived at a hospital with severe stab wounds and was listed as stable, police said in a statement.
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Case Number: 2024-00074
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93306
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Jacob Camarena was shot at a residence in 3300 block of Eucalyptus Drive on Jan. 7 and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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