{"id":241529,"date":"2026-03-29T01:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:22:37","slug":"man-gets-22-years-4-months-for-shooting-gun-in-the-air-following-domestic-dispute-da-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241529\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 22 years, 4 months for shooting gun in the air following domestic dispute: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man was sentenced to 22 years and four months in prison for shooting a gun in the air after a domestic dispute and for possessing an unregistered loaded handgun, said the Kern County District Attorney.<\/p>\n

Houmphanh Phommasouk was found guilty on October 29, 2025, of discharging a firearm with gross negligence, two counts of carrying an unregistered loaded handgun, two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of felon in possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on April 24, 2024, at around 1:16 a.m., when Phommasouk was seen by a security guard at the Blanco Apartments on White Lane shoving a woman during a family dispute, said prosecutors. He then pulled out a gun, pointed it in the air, and fired seven rounds before fleeing from the area in his car.<\/p>\n

Bakersfield police responded to the scene and found five shell casings. They obtained surveillance footage and identified the suspect through his car.<\/p>\n

Later that night, officers responded to an unrelated traffic crash and found that the driver, Phommasouk, was involved. He was determined to be the suspect in the non-injury shooting on White Lane earlier that day.<\/p>\n

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Houmphanh Phommasouk. Photo: Kern County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

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Phommasouk was pulled over by officers, and they found an unregistered loaded handgun in the center console and a small pink purse on the passenger seat, with additional ammunition, said the DA.<\/p>\n

Phommasouk is a convicted felon and is legally prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaws prohibiting convicted felons from possessing firearms are essential for protecting communities from individuals with a demonstrated history of dangerous behavior. Those who disregard these restrictions and engage in reckless acts, such as unlawfully discharging a firearm, will face serious legal consequences,” stated Assistant District Attorney Joseph Kinzel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man was sentenced to 22 years and four months in prison for shooting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-241529","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\/241529","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=241529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}