BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man shot and killed on Knotts Street as 30-year-old Arthur Deray Ward of Bakersfield.
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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on April 13, 2026, at around 10:15 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the 600 block of Knotts Street for a report of a shooting.
When deputies arrived, they found two victims, both men.
One man died, and another is hospitalized after a shooting Monday morning in east Bakersfield. PHOTO: KBAK/KBFX
Both were taken to a hospital, where one of the victims, later identified as Ward, was later pronounced dead. The second victim remains hospitalized.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at (661) 861 3110 or the Secret Witness line at (661) 322 4040.