BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A shooting, a pursuit, then a shootout between Kern County Sheriff’s deputies and a suspect.

Deputies were originally called to the 500 block of Pepper Drive in Edison. Then the suspect took off and took them on a pursuit all over Bakersfield ending on Highway 58, East of Weedpatch Highway.

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At around 5:30 p.m. a call came over the radio saying a man had been shot. When deputies arrived, the suspect — who has yet to be identified — took off in a Toyota 4Runner.

“We’ll be headed westbound on the 58. This one will be a failure to yield. Speeds are at 100,” a pursuing deputy said over the radio.

The entire chase lasted 12 minutes with the suspect taking deputies all the way to west Bakersfield before deputies called off the pursuit.

“Shut down code, he’s gonna be southbound in the northbound lane of Old River, speeds are gonna be at 68. We are not in pursuit,” radioed another deputy.

After calling off the pursuit, deputies spotted the 4Runner headed back East on Highway 58.

“It’s gonna be a Hispanic male with a buzz haircut,” a deputy radioed when asked to give a description of the suspect.

Then came a crash with a trailer. The 4Runner flipped over and landed on its roof.

“Refusing commands, he’s looking at me,” said a deputy on scene. “Shots fired! Shots fired!”

The scene on the highway lasted minutes before another call was made over the radio: “The driver’s gonna be armed with a semi-automatic silver pistol, he did fire rounds at units.”

The suspect died. He has not been identified by the coroner’s office as of Monday.

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The entire ordeal drew a massive response from law enforcement and a callout for a SWAT team. No officers were injured.

This makes the Kern County Sheriff’s Office’s officer-involved shootings rise to four so far this year. It came just one day after deputies assisted Tulare County in a Porterville shooting involving officers, where Kern County sheriff’s deputies in an armored truck ran over and killed the suspect.

We sent KCSO a list of questions regarding this incident, but a spokesperson declined to answer and declined for Sheriff Donny Youngblood to interview saying no further details will be released until the investigation is concluded.

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