BPD releases body cam footage of deadly incident in which two officers were shot

The Bakersfield Police Department has released a community debriefing for an officer-involved shooting that occurred Dec. 18 at the 8700 block of Maria Angelica Street.

The debriefing contains body cam footage of the incident, and a breakdown of the events that occurred, although the matter remains under review.

In the video, BPD says officers were dispatched at 4 p.m. to Maria Angelica Street for a man holding a gun to his head. The department says family members had tried to take the firearm, but were unsuccessful.

A Kern County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services team was dispatched to assist officers, according to the video.

At 4:26 p.m., BPD says an officer assigned to watch the residence where the suspect had fled noticed the door was open and the involved man was standing in the road. The officer said he saw a firearm in the man’s waistband, according to BPD.

When officers approached the man, he reportedly removed the firearm from his waistband. At that point, BPD says an officer fired a foam bullet, which had no effect.

When the suspect fled, he fired several times, striking one officer and grazing another, BPD said. Pursuing officers returned fire, the department report said. The suspect later died at a hospital.

In a separate report, the Kern County coroner’s office identified the suspect as Jonathan George Brown, 29, of Bakersfield.

BPD listed the involved officers as Senior Officer Andrew Ferguson, Senior Officer Marc Lugo, Officer Joshua Ince, Officer Anthony Flores, Officer Kelton Beattie and Officer William Vining.

All officers were wearing body cameras.

“The public has a legitimate interest in obtaining timely and accurate information about police shootings, and the Bakersfield Police

Department is committed to making that information available,” BPD Chief Greg Terry said in a statement. “We will release the body worn camera footage of officers in critical incidents as soon as it is possible to do so without compromising an investigation. This is our commitment to accountability and professionalism.”

The video can be viewed at https://youtu. be/05L5WayBXuE.

The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for an alleged attempted theft.

At around 3:30 a.m. Dec. 2, BPD says the suspect was captured on video surveillance walking through the yard of a residence located in the 10800 block of Kendall Avenue. He allegedly attempted to enter vehicles.

BPD described the suspect as a white man, 27 to 35 years old, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing between 190 and 210 pounds. He has a medium build, balding short hair, unshaven face, wearing a light colored shirt with a tombstone on the back.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Detective Hatfield at 326-3541 or the BPD at 327-7111.

A 24-year-old man was the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday on Custer Avenue near H Street.

Ramon Rodriguez Muro was shot in the 1700 block of Custer Avenue at around 7:30 p.m., according to a report from the Kern County coroner’s office. He was taken to Kern Medical where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later.

The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating the incident as a homicide.

The Kern County coroner’s office identified a pedestrian who was

struck and killed by a vehicle in the parking lot of a business located in northeast Bakersfield.

Maria Carmen Hernandez Martinez, 56, of Arvin, was hit by a vehicle at 11:17 a.m. Jan. 9 at 2800 Oswell St., the coroner said in its report. She died less than an hour later at Kern Medical.

The Kern County coroner’s office identified a 13-year-old passenger who was the victim in a motorcycle accident last weekend in Bakersfield.

Nicolas Fisher, also known as Nicolas Peterson, was a helmeted passenger of a motorcycle that collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Coffee and Hageman roads at around 1 p.m. Sunday. He was declared dead at the scene, according to the coroner.

A 14-year-old boy was identified as the victim in a fatal off-road motorcycle accident that occurred Jan. 9 in eastern Kern County.

Robert David Gaynor was the driver of the off-road motorcycle that collided with another motorcycle at the Dove Springs OHV Area near Red Rock Canyon State Park at 10:30 a.m, according to a report from the Kern County coroner’s office. He was taken to Ridgecrest Regional Hospital where he died hours later from his injuries.

The victim was a resident of Winnetka in Southern California.

A man killed in a vehicle accident on Famoso Porterville Highway near Driver Drive in McFarland has been identified.

Ruben Anaya, 32, was driving a truck that collided with a semi-truck at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a Kern County coroner’s report.

He died at the scene of the accident.