{"id":272827,"date":"2026-04-17T16:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272827\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:55:09","slug":"coroner-identifies-man-killed-in-deputy-involved-shooting-on-highway-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272827\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner identifies man killed in deputy-involved shooting on Highway 58"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office has identified the suspect who died following a deputy-involved shooting<\/a> on Highway 58 as 41-year-old Giovanni Montoya Guzman of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Suspect dies after deputy-involved shooting, following pursuit and crash on Highway 58<\/a><\/p>\n

The Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on April 10, 2026, at around 5:30 p.m., deputies were called to the 500 block of South Pepper Drive for a report of a shooting.<\/p>\n

When deputies arrived, the alleged suspect, later identified as Guzman, left the area. Deputies pursued Guzman for several minutes and ultimately terminated the pursuit due to unsafe driving conditions.<\/p>\n

KCSO said deputies learned that the suspect\u2019s vehicle was involved in a traffic crash on eastbound Highway 58, east of Weedpatch Highway at around 6 p.m. At the same time, a victim of a gunshot wound was privately taken to the hospital, and it was determined that it was in connection with the initial reported shooting, according to KCSO.<\/p>\n

\"Kern<\/p>\n

Kern County deputies responded to a reported shooting, went on a pursuit with the alleged suspect, who later crashed on Highway 58. After the crash, a deputy-involved shooting happened, resulting in the suspect\u2019s death Friday night. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Deputies arrived at the scene of the crash and tried to make contact with Guzman. During the contact, a deputy-involved shooting happened. Guzman died.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office at (661) 861-3110 or Kern Secret Witness at (661) 322-4040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office has identified the suspect who died following a deputy-involved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-272827","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\/272827","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=272827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}