{"id":26747,"date":"2025-10-28T08:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/26747\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:37:20","slug":"gang-rivalry-leads-to-fatal-shooting-of-known-bloods-member-on-m-street-court-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/26747\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang rivalry leads to fatal shooting of known Bloods member on M Street: Court docs"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Court documents have revealed that the fatal shooting of Errol Scorzac III<\/a> was carried out by West Side Baker gang members Anthony Guiterrez and Andrew Espinoza<\/a>. Scorzac, a known Blood gang member, had previously killed a West Side Baker member in 2014. <\/p>\n

On January 26, 2022, Bakersfield police officers responded to a welfare check on a person lying on the ground in the 900 block of M Street. Officers arrived and found Scorzac dead at the scene with a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

An offense report indicated that 9-1-1 was not immediately called, and children were among the first to discover Scorzac’s body. Neighbors reported hearing up to 10 gunshots, and a Spot Shotter activation was recorded at 7:42 p.m. Surveillance footage from a nearby business showed two suspects, matching the descriptions of Espinoza and Guiterrez, approaching Scorzac. The footage captured muzzle flashes and audio of gunshots, with both suspects fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

Bakersfield police confirmed the gang affiliations of Espinoza and Guiterrez after consulting with an affiliated member and reviewing Instagram videos showing gang hand signs. The day after the shooting, a woman informed police she witnessed Scorzac’s murder at 10th and M streets, acknowledging his Blood gang affiliation. The Bloods and West Side Bakers are known rivals in the area.<\/p>\n

Before his fatal shooting, Scorzac was recently paroled for the 2014 murder of West Side Baker member Abel Ibarra Trujillo<\/a>, according to our previous reporting and court documents.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Two men sentenced to life terms in 2022 fatal shooting on M Street<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, Guiterrez was sentenced to 15 years to life, plus an additional three years, while Espinoza received a sentence of 15 years to life, with an extra three years and eight months added to his term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Court documents have revealed that the fatal shooting of Errol Scorzac III was carried out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20344,20343,151,153,152,20340,20342,8528,20339,20341],"class_list":["post-26747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-andrew-espinoza","tag-anthony-guiterrez","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bloods","tag-errol-scorzac","tag-fatal-shooting","tag-gang-rivalry","tag-west-side-bakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26747","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=26747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}