UPDATED: Teen dies after shooting during football game at Independence High | News

Friday night’s fatal shooting at a southwest Bakersfield high school football game “was not a random act of violence,” the city’s police department said Saturday after arresting a 15-year-old suspected gang member who it said knew the victim.

The unidentified teen’s arrest in the 7500 block of Stockdale Highway was part of what the Bakersfield Police Department called an active investigation.

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