‘We are praying for Bakersfield’: Teen’s shooting death at high school football game leaves Bakersfield reeling, prompts gang crackdown | News

A teenager’s fatal shooting Friday night at a high school football game in southwest Bakersfield has prompted a crackdown on local gang activity and a communitywide soul-searching about youth violence.

Gunfire shortly after 8 p.m. at Independence High’s outdoor basketball courts killed 17-year-old Levi Jermaine Carter Brown, who according to the Kern County coroner’s office died 46 minutes later at Kern Medical.

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