BPD: July 4 shooting leaves 2 injured, 1 dead
Bakersfield Police officers reported three people were shot, one fatally, on Monday outside an east Bakersfield residence.
The BPD responded to a shooting at 11:07 p.m. in the 1000 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near 10th Street, and found three victims: a woman who was ultimately pronounced deceased at a hospital; another woman who sustained a critical injury but is in stable condition; and a teen who sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Susana Ortiz, 48, of Bakersfield, died at 11:28 p.m. at Kern Medical, according to a coroner’s office news release.
BPD officers are not releasing any suspect information at this time.
Anyone with information regarding the incident can contact the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.
Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies said two men were reported missing after attempting to cross the Kern River in the area known as Hobo Camp campground, according to a KCSO news release.
Members of the Kern Valley substation search and rescue team went to Remington Hot Springs on Monday to find the two men. They were identified as: 19-year-old Samuel Raymundo, a 5 foot, 6 inch, 150-pound Hispanic man who was last seen wearing a black shirt and black shorts; and 27-year-old Diego Cabo, a 5 foot, 5 inch, 140-pound Hispanic man who was last seen wearing black shorts and a white shirt.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Air 5 air support helicopter was dispatched to the area and conducted a search from the air.
Kern Valley, Bakersfield and China Lake search and rescue teams also conducted a ground search on both sides of the river and a water search of the area starting from Hobo Camp
Campground continuing downstream near the area of river right.
Anyone with information regarding either person should contact Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Kern Valley deputies at 661-861-3110.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that hit Pacific Gas & Electric equipment Saturday near Kurt Road and Corcoran Road in Wasco, according to KCSO officials.
No injuries have been reported as a result of the shooting, but it prompted a hazardous material spill update after the damages to the transmission equipment resulted in hundreds of gallons of mineral and polychlorinated biphenyls leaking onto nearby soil. The transformers contained less than 1 part per million of PCBs.
“KCSO responded to a report of vandalism at an unmanned PG&E electrical transmission station,” according to a statement from Lori Meza, spokeswoman for the KCSO. “An employee of PG&E reported that unknown person(s) shot at transformers and other electrical equipment. The investigation is ongoing.”
No information regarding the suspect or suspects was available at this time, according to the KCSO.
PCBs are a class of organic chemicals, known as congeners, that have been used in a variety of commercial products. PCBs were used in caulking, electronics, fluorescent light ballasts and other building materials from the 1950s to the late 1970s, according to an EPA fact sheet.
In 1979, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned the commercial production of PCBs, citing health and environmental concerns. Health concerns related to PCB exposure include, but are not limited to, cancer, reproductive effects and neurological effects.
The station is located in a farmland area of Wasco, according to the governor’s Office of Emergency Services. No waterways were impacted, according to an OES report. The estimated time of repair is likely to be a couple of days with customer power outages being rerouted in a much shorter period of time. The estimated release is 200 gallons visible with an unknown depth into the soil. Multiple crews are beginning remediation.