BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Errol Scorzac III in 2022, according to Kern County court officials.
Anthony Guiterrez received a sentence of 15 years to life, plus an additional three years in prison. Andrew Espinoza was sentenced to 15 years to life, with an extra 3 years and 8 months added to his term, a Kern County Superior Court official confirmed.
PREVIOUS REPORTING: Man found dead from gunshot wound on M Street
A man was found dead from a gunshot injury by Bakersfield Police Officers on M St in Bakersfield. KBAK/KBFX
Court records show that Guiterrez was convicted of murder and of participating in a street gang on Sept. 24, 2025, after pleading guilty. A count of an aggravation of great violence, great bodily harm, or other acts of a high degree of cruelty was dismissed.
Espinoza pleaded no contest to a murder charge and participation in a street gang on Sept. 24, 2025.
On January 26, 2022, Bakersfield police officers responded to a welfare check on a person lying on the ground in the 900 block of M Street. Officers arrived and found Scorzac dead at the scene with a gunshot wound.
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The Kern County coroner said an autopsy revealed that Scorzac’s cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and the manner was homicide.