{"id":351848,"date":"2026-06-08T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351848\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:52:22","slug":"kcso-26-year-old-man-arrested-in-fatal-stabbing-in-east-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351848\/","title":{"rendered":"KCSO: 26-year-old man arrested in fatal stabbing in east Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing a person in east Bakersfield Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on June 7, 2026, at about 5:40 p.m., deputies responded to the 1100 block of Grace Street for a report of a stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>When deputies arrived, they found a body of a male with an apparent stab wound. Homicide detectives arrived and assumed the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>KCSO said during the investigation, at around 8 p.m., 26-year-old Angel Garcia Meza was arrested near Morning Drive and College Avenue. He was booked for murder and a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 661-861-3110.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing a person in east&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-351848","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\/351848","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=351848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}