{"id":254769,"date":"2026-04-06T23:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254769\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:09:32","slug":"person-in-easter-bunny-costume-aiding-one-of-several-shot-in-southeast-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254769\/","title":{"rendered":"Person in Easter Bunny costume aiding one of several shot in southeast Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Gunshots rang out Easter Sunday, with one of the people shot seen in surveillance video running to get help from a group of people, including one dressed as an Easter Bunny.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on April 4, 2026, at around 4:48 p.m., officers were called to reports of a shooting in the 4700 block of Half Dome Way.<\/a><\/p>\n

When they arrived, officers found an ongoing dispute between residents and two people, a man and a boy, who had arrived in a vehicle. Both the man and the boy had minor injuries and had loaded guns with them.<\/p>\n

RELATED: BPD: 4 arrested in connection to Half Dome Way shooting on Easter<\/a><\/p>\n

Other victims were also found and taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\"{p}Four<\/p>\n

Four people were arrested after a shooting in southeast Bakersfield on Easter. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Once medically cleared, both the boy and the man will be booked into the Kern County Juvenile Hall Facility and the Kern County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon and other firearms-related charges.<\/p>\n

\"Gunshots<\/p>\n

Gunshots rang out Easter Sunday, with one of the people shot seen in surveillance running to a group of people, including one dressed as an Easter Bunny. KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Surveillance video captures audio of several gunshots. The video showed a group of people, including a person dressed as an Easter Bunny, helping a person who was shot.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News went to the area and spoke to the person inside the costume, who stepped in to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s like \u2018I just ran to you cause I felt like you were the safest, you\u2019re the Easter Bunny,\u2019\u201d said Sara.<\/p>\n

\"Gunshots<\/p>\n

Gunshots rang out Easter Sunday, with one of the people shot seen in surveillance running to a group of people, including one dressed as an Easter Bunny. KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Sara said she helped put pressure on the wound and gave him water. She said she stayed at the location until the ambulance arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love helping people. I like taking care of people and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Gunshots rang out Easter Sunday, with one of the people shot seen in surveillance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-254769","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\/254769","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=254769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}