BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A traffic stop turned foot pursuit eventually led to a shooting on Latina Drive and Pisa Way Monday morning, according to Bakersfield police.
A quiet neighborhood street woken up in the middle of the night to police sirens and gunshots.
“I hear the officer yelling, ‘get on the ground I’m gonna shoot you,’ and then about 8, 9, 10 shots out,” said resident Mason Chapman.
Bakersfield police said around 2:15 a.m., on Monday, Bakersfield police patrol car stopped a vehicle for a vehicle code infraction. Someone in the vehicle, not the driver, fled on foot after the stop.
The suspect pointed a handgun at an officer and the cop shot his gun. We don’t know how many shots were fired but this video shows over 20 yellow cones to mark as evidence.
A video shows the suspect given medical attention by the officers who fired.
BPD says the suspect is in critical but stable condition.
“Alarming actually, how quick it went down,” said Chapman. “But I could definitely tell the police department men were on top of their stuff.”
Mason Chapman says the shooting happened right outside of his house. He was awake sitting at his window and saw everything happen.
“That’s the weird thing about this,” said Chapman. “The randomness of a police officer just pulling somebody over because there is not a lot of foot traffic.”
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