{"id":116972,"date":"2026-01-02T04:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/116972\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:21:41","slug":"traffic-stop-leads-to-officer-involved-shooting-in-nw-bakersfield-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/116972\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic stop leads to officer-involved shooting in NW Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX)  \u2014 A man, who tried to run away from officers following a traffic stop in northwest Bakersfield, was shot by a Bakersfield Police officer early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department said on Monday morning, December 29, at around 2:15 a.m., in the area of Mohawk Street at Siena Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Two officers were attempting a vehicle code enforcement traffic stop when the driver stopped at Latina Drive and Pisa Way.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Police said the person inside the vehicle ran off when one of the officers caught up with the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect pointed a gun at the officer, which led to an officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was later taken to an area hospital in &#8220;critical but stable condition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man, who tried to run away from officers following a traffic stop in northwest Bakersfield, was shot by a Bakersfield Police officer early Monday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d6767568-07d0-47f7-8c1c-c44402767d28-OIS1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man, who tried to run away from officers following a traffic stop in northwest Bakersfield, was shot by a Bakersfield Police officer early Monday morning. PHOTO: KNN.NEWS<\/p>\n<p>His identity will be released at a later time.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Police said the officer was equipped with a body-worn camera, which captured the interaction.<\/p>\n<p>The footage will be released when the investigation allows.<\/p>\n<p>The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man, who tried to run away from officers following a traffic stop in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-116972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}