{"id":324212,"date":"2026-05-20T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:01:12","slug":"body-cam-video-shows-suspect-fired-first-in-deadly-highway-58-deputy-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324212\/","title":{"rendered":"Body-cam video shows suspect fired first in deadly Highway 58 deputy shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Body-camera footage released Tuesday shows a deadly officer-involved shooting on Highway 58 that killed a 41-year-old Bakersfield man after authorities said he opened fire on deputies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said the shooting happened April 10, 2026, after deputies were called about 5:30 p.m. to the 500 block of South Pepper Drive for a report of a shooting. The alleged suspect, later identified as Giovanni Montoya Guzman<\/a>, left the area when deputies arrived, and deputies pursued him for several minutes before ending the chase because of unsafe driving conditions, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Kern County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Deputies later learned Guzman\u2019s vehicle was involved in a traffic crash on eastbound Highway 58, east of Weedpatch Highway, about 6 p.m., according to the sheriff\u2019s office. Around the same time, a victim with a gunshot wound was taken to a hospital by private vehicle, and authorities determined the injury was connected to the initial shooting report, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

WARNING: FOUL LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE DEPICTED IN THE VIDEO BELOW. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.<\/p>\n

Deputies responded to the crash scene and tried to make contact with Guzman. During that contact, an officer-involved shooting occurred, and Guzman was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

In the body-camera footage released Tuesday, the sheriff\u2019s office said Guzman is seen shooting first at deputies before deputies return fire.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Kern County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Deputies Javarest Dillard and Senior Deputy Isaac Azua were placed on routine critical incident leave pending completion of the investigation, the department said.<\/p>\n

On May 13, 2026, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office’s Incident Review Board determined that the use of force was within department policy.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Kern County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

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Anyone with more information regarding this incident is asked to call the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at (661) 861-3100 or the Kern Secret Witness at (661) 322-4040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Body-camera footage released Tuesday shows a deadly officer-involved shooting on Highway 58 that killed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-324212","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\/324212","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=324212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}