Case Number: 2026-00919
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93280
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Wasco Police Department
Judicial Status: Oscar Miranda, 42, was arrested in this case.
Incident: A man who was shot and killed Sunday night has been identified by Wasco officials.
Jerell Ringold, 40, was found with a gunshot wound in the 1100 block of Poso Avenue on April 19, according to the Wasco Police Department.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
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Case Number: 2026-00880
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93309
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The Bakersfield Police Department said it is investigating the death of a 60-year-old man whose body was found inside an apartment as a homicide.
In a statement, the department said officers were called to an apartment in the 600 block of Taylor Street in southwest Bakersfield at around 6:18 a.m. on April 15. They were called for a report of a possible “medical event inside the apartment.”
The body of a 60 year old man was found inside. Officials said the unidentified man was the victim of an assault. No other details of the incident were released.
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Case Number: 2026-00859
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: Emergency responders were called to the 600 block of Knotts Street just west of North Baker Street at around 10:18 a.m. for a report of a shooting on April 13.
KCSO said two men were found wounded from gunfire. Both were rushed to a hospital and one of the victims was pronounced dead. The second victim remains hospitalized, officials said in a statement.
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Case Number: 2026-00847
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-involved shooting
Zip Code: 93307
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the 500 block of Pepper Drive for a report of a shooting at around 5:30 p.m. on April 10. A victim of that shooting arrived at a hospital about a half hour later. Officials said deputies arrived to the scene and a suspect fled. KCSO deputies pursued the suspect but ended it for safety reasons, according to a statement.
Investigators then learned that the suspect crashed their vehicle along eastbound Highway 58 east of Weedpatch Highway at around 6 p.m. Deputies arrived at the scene to confront the suspect and shots were fired.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2026-00790
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93561
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A suspected burglar was shot and killed after breaking into a Tehachapi home April 2, according to sheriff’s officials.
The homeowner was cooperating and no arrests had been made, officials said in an email.
Around 6:30 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a report of a burglary in progress in the 19000 block of Alta Vista Avenue.
They arrived to find the suspect — identified only as male — suffering from a gunshot wound, officials said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2026-00766
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93560
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal late night shooting in Rosamond.
Deputies with the sheriff’s office responded to the 2500 block of Sierra Highway in Rosamond for the report of a victim of a shooting around 10:30 p.m. March 30.
When deputies arrived a man was found dead with gunshot wounds, according to KCSO.
Officials said homicide detectives responded and began an investigation.
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Case Number: 2026-00720
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93306
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Victor Farias, 33, was found and arrested in Tehachapi in connection to Rojo’s death, officials said.
Incident: Yolanda Rojo, 30, was identified as the woman killed in the assault in the 7000 block of College Avenue.
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, officers were dispatched to the residence at 9:47 p.m. March 25.
Officers arrived to find a woman, later identified as Rojo, with severe injuries. Rojo was taken to Kern Medical where she later died.
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Case Number: 2026-00700
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Assault
Zip Code: 93304
Place of Death: Adventist Health
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: The Bakersfield Police Department has identified the man who died after being involved in a physical altercation in March.
Officials identified the victim as 53-year-old Anthony Michael Nutt Jr., of Bakersfield.
On March 23, Nutt was involved in a physical altercation on the 2400 block of San Ramon Court.
He was transported to Adventist Health Bakersfield, where he later died from his injuries that evening.
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Case Number: 2026-00631
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93304
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Brayden Mendez, Alexa Marmolejo and Joshua Holguin — all 18 years old — were all identified as suspects in this case, according to BPD.
Incident: Police responded to the park at about 11:33 p.m. on March 13 for a ShotSpotter activation, officials said. A man was found at the park with apparent gunshot wound.
The man was taken to the hospital and was listed as critical, according to BPD. He later died on March 16.
In a statement on Monday, officials said officers saw a “blacked-out vehicle” fleeing the area minutes after the ShotSpotter activation. Officers stopped the vehicle with three people inside and recovered a weapon.
The suspects were identified as Brayden Mendez, Alexa Marmolejo and Joshua Holguin — all 18 years old — according to BPD.
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Case Number: 2026-00558
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: Kern Medical
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Steven Quick, 27, was charged in connection to this murder.
Incident: Security camera footage from that night showed an altercation inside the bar eventually led to the shooting.
Witnesses said Hall was involved momentarily in a bar scuffle with, Steven Quick, and others present.
Shortly after the incident, Quick, 27, reportedly asked to have a word with Hall outside.
Hall met him in a parking lot on the corner of Lincoln and North Chester, where shots were fired.
Hall, still walking after multiple gunshot wounds, began to head back to the saloon, but collapsed before he arrived at the door.
He was pronounced dead at Kern Medical.
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Case Number: 2026-00426
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: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Initial reports of a shooting came to police at around 11:10 a.m. for an assault possibly with a firearm on Chester W. Nimitz Street north of Panama Lane, Sgt. Sandeep Malhi said. Shortly after that call, dispatchers received a call for a shooting victim near Golden Valley High School at Hosking Avenue and Shannon Drive.
A third shooting victim was located in the 4100 block of Pioneer Drive, Malhi said. The investigation into the incident is in the preliminary stages, he said.
One man on Chester W. Nimitz Street was pronounced dead. The conditions of the two other victims were not released, and Malhi said the incidents were likely connected.
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Case Number: 2026-00393
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Pending
Zip Code: 93309
Place of Death: Adventist Health
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Brandon Grimaldo was arrested in connection to this case.
Incident: Crystal Marie Falcon was rushed to a Bakersfield hospital with horrific injuries covering her body.
She had scrapes and bruises, marks consistent with being tied up, possible cigarette burns and broken bones, and “obvious deformity”, police wrote in a court filing.
What caused such extensive injuries?
Her ex-boyfriend, Brandon Grimaldo, told officers she slipped in the shower.
Blood spatter was found in the bathroom, investigators wrote, but also in a bedroom and hallway of the southwest Bakersfield home where Falcon was found unresponsive in early February.
Falcon, 23, died about a week later, and Grimaldo was arrested in connection with her death.
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Case Number: 2026-00350
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93313
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: Cecilee Diaz was arrested in connection to the stabbing, according to BPD.
Incident: Anthony Michael Bodoh, 31, of Bakersfield was stabbed in the 4100 block of Thatch Avenue on Feb. 8 around 4:30 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene due to his injuries.
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Case Number: 2026-00133
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: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A man was pronounced dead following a shooting outside a home in south Bakersfield, police said.
Officers were called to the 1300 block of Rosalia Drive for reports of a shooting at around 10:51 p.m. on Jan. 14. Responders found a man in a driveway with apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2026-00092
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-involved shooting
Zip Code: 93205
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A man reported to be firing a gun in Lake Isabella was shot and killed by Kern County deputies early Jan. 11, officials said.
Deputies were called to the area of Kilbreth and Lake Isabella avenues for reports of someone firing a handgun at around 1:40 a.m.
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Case Number: 2026-00095
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Stabbing
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: Paul Parra was arrested in connection to this incident.
Incident: The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly stabbing Jan. 11 at a motel in northwest Bakersfield.
Deputies were called to a Motel 6 on Olive Tree Court just off Knudsen Drive at around 6:50 a.m. on Jan. 11.
Deputies found a man suffering from apparent stab wounds. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2026-00013
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Shooting
Zip Code: 93308
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A man is dead after a shooting in Oildale Friday, Jan. 2, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
KCSO said deputies responded to East Warren Avenue and Wisteria Street just after 2:30 a.m. to a male with gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Case Number: 2026-00022
Cause of death: Pending
Victim's Sex:
NA
Accused's Sex:
NA
Category: Officer-involved shooting
Zip Code: 93304
Place of Death: At the scene
Agency: Bakersfield Police Department
Judicial Status: No arrests at this time.
Incident: A man who was reportedly threatening family members at a south Bakersfield home was shot and killed by responding officers on Friday Jan. 2, according to police.
The Bakersfield Police Department said officers were called to a home in the 3700 block of El Alisal Street at around 10:11 p.m. for a welfare check of a man who was involved in a disturbance at a home. The department said the man was threatening family members.
Officials said officers contacted the man but he “was not compliant” and was armed with a handgun. The department did not further describe what happened leading up to officers shooting the man.
A statement from police did not say if the man fired the handgun or if he threatened officers.
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Case Number: 2026-00021
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: No arrests at this time.
Incident: Two 17-year-old boys were arrested in connection to an alleged robbery and shooting at a Bakersfield Foods Co. store Friday, Jan.2 night that left a victim who tried to intervene dead, officials said.
Bakersfield police said officers were called to the Foods Co. at 1801 White Lane for reports of a shooting at around 9:23 p.m. on Jan. 2.
According to police, the shooting stemmed from an alleged robbery inside the Foods Co. Police said the victim and another person were inside the store when they saw the theft and tried to intervene. The two people followed the suspects outside the store and into the parking lot, police said.
One of the 17-year-old suspects pulled out a gun and fired multiple times toward the two people, striking one of them, police said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
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