{"id":228940,"date":"2026-03-20T19:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228940\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:11:15","slug":"2-gang-members-sentenced-for-roles-in-deadly-v-street-shooting-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228940\/","title":{"rendered":"2 gang members sentenced for roles in deadly V Street shooting in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two gang members were sentenced to prison for their roles in an <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/heavy-police-presence-in-east-bakersfield-police-department-kern-county-california-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 2024 shooting on V Street<\/a> that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/coroner-identifies-man-shot-killed-on-v-street-2-charged-with-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dontrell Demetrius Smith, 29<\/a>, according to Kern County court records.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney Gipson was sentenced to 25 years to life, plus 10 years for first-degree murder, weapon, and gang-related charges; meanwhile, Marlon Burch was sentenced to 42 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, weapon and gang-related charges.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS REPORTING: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/2-suspects-arrested-in-deadly-v-street-shooting-bpd-crime-east-bakersfield-gang-particpation-charges-bakersfield-police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 suspects arrested in deadly V Street shooting: BPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/FOX58{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/209a438b-543d-4641-9c72-372e922eb86f-large16x9_8THSTREETSHOOTING_frame_20028.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On March 18, 2026, Gipson pleaded no contest to first-degree murder, weapon and gang charges. On the same day, Burch pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, weapon and gang charges.<\/p>\n<p>The case dates back to April 25, 2024, when Bakersfield police officers responded at around 6:45 p.m. to a ShotSpotter activation in the 800 block of V Street. Officers found the victim in the road, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Coroner&#8217;s Office confirmed in early June 2024 that Dontrell Smith, of Bakersfield, was shot multiple times and his death was a homicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two gang members were sentenced to prison for their roles in an April 2024 shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-228940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228940","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=228940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}