{"id":287481,"date":"2026-04-27T01:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:20:59","slug":"mcfarland-officers-confirm-roadway-shooting-near-industrial-street-before-parade-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287481\/","title":{"rendered":"McFarland officers confirm roadway shooting near Industrial Street before parade, festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MCFARLAND, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Additional security measures were put in place for a Cinco de Mayo Festival in McFarland after a shooting Sunday afternoon, according to the McFarland Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The McFarland Police Department said officers first received reports of a shooting in the 100 block of Industrial St. around 12:06 p.m. on April 26.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded and found evidence confirming that a shooting had happened in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said no members of the public were injured. A vehicle parked along the street suffered damage believed to be related to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Officers developed investigative leads and are actively conducting follow-up efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Cinco de Mayo Festival took place at Blanco Park, with a parade scheduled for 2:00 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>The McFarland Police Department said it would maintain a strong law enforcement presence throughout both the parade and festival.<\/p>\n<p>Additional security measures were in place to support a safe and enjoyable environment for participants.<\/p>\n<p>The McFarland Police Department encouraged the community to remain aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MCFARLAND, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Additional security measures were put in place for a Cinco de Mayo Festival in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-287481","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\/287481","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=287481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}