{"id":219810,"date":"2026-03-14T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219810\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:21:06","slug":"man-critically-wounded-in-shooting-at-bakersfield-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219810\/","title":{"rendered":"Man critically wounded in shooting at Bakersfield park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A man was shot late Friday night at a Bakersfield park and is in critical condition, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Police officers responded to Beale Park, located at 500 Oleander Avenue, around 11:33 p.m. Friday after a ShotSpotter activation detected gunfire in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arriving at the scene found an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing. Police say additional details will be released as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A man was shot late Friday night at a Bakersfield park and is in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,6596,162],"class_list":["post-219810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-shooting","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219810","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=219810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}