{"id":127305,"date":"2026-01-09T23:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127305\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:51:08","slug":"man-identified-in-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-south-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127305\/","title":{"rendered":"Man identified in fatal officer-involved shooting in south Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The man who died in an officer-involved shooting during a welfare check in south Bakersfield on Jan. 2 has been identified as 41-year-old Jerry Lynn Steele Jr., of Bakersfield. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/man-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-during-welfare-check-in-south-bakersfield-bpd-police-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man dies in officer-involved shooting during welfare check in south Bakersfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the Kern County coroner, the incident happened in the 3700 block of El Alisal Street at around 10:14 p.m., with Steele pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department reported that officers were dispatched to the location near Hughes Lane at approximately 10:11 p.m. to address a peace disturbance involving a resident allegedly threatening family members with a gun. Upon arrival at around 10:20 p.m., officers encountered Steele, who was reportedly armed with a handgun and non-compliant. An officer-involved shooting ensued.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Despite medical aid being administered, Steele was pronounced dead at the scene. Police confirmed that the officers involved were equipped with body-worn cameras, which recorded the incident. <\/p>\n<p>The footage will be made public as the investigation progresses. The officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The man who died in an officer-involved shooting during a welfare check in south Bakersfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-127305","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\/127305","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=127305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}