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UPDATED Aug 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET
Aug 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
3 minors charged in East Bakersfield fatal shooting
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Three teenagers, including one as young as 12, face charges after a 53-year-old was killed and his father injured in East Bakersfield.
WHO: Three minors/teenagers (one 16-year-old later charged) and a 53-year-old victim; the victim’s father was injured
WHAT: Minors were charged in connection with a fatal semiautomatic-gun shooting that killed a 53-year-old and injured his father
WHEN: Aug 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM ET
WHERE: East Bakersfield, Kern County, California
WHY: Motive not yet established.
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