{"id":399971,"date":"2026-07-15T23:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/399971\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:19:15","slug":"man-convicted-of-attempted-murder-in-wasco-shooting-sentenced-to-18-years-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/399971\/","title":{"rendered":"Man convicted of attempted murder in Wasco shooting sentenced to 18 years to life"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man convicted of attempted murder and other charges for shooting a victim while they slept in April 2025 was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years to life in prison, plus an additional four years, according to the Kern County District Attorney.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Kern County man faces up to 32 years to life after attempted murder conviction<\/a><\/p>\n

A Kern County jury found Devaun Means guilty in April of attempted murder, assault on a person with a firearm, battery with serious bodily injury, second-degree burglary, felon in possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of ammunition. The DA\u2019s Office said the jury also found true that Means committed attempted murder by intentionally discharging a firearm, causing great bodily injury.<\/p>\n

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The Kern County District Attorney\u2019s Office said on April 30, 2026, a jury found Devaun Means guilty of attempted murder, assault on a person with a firearm, battery with serious bodily injury, second-degree burglary, felon in possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of ammunition. PHOTO: Kern County DA<\/p>\n

The DA\u2019s Office said that in the early afternoon of April 21, 2025, Means and the victim were at a family gathering when they became involved in a physical altercation. After the incident, Means told several family members he would \u201cget his get back\u201d on the victim.<\/p>\n

The DA\u2019s Office said that at about 12:30 a.m. on April 22, 2025, the victim was sleeping in a shed behind the main residence of a home in Wasco when Means entered the shed and shot the victim four times, striking him in the abdomen, thigh and arm.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, law enforcement recovered the firearm used in the shooting from Means\u2019 home, the DA\u2019s Office said. Additional crime scene analysis further linked Means to the offense.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said at the time of Means\u2019 conviction, \u201cConflicts that escalate to the use of a firearm in an attempt to take a life out of \u2018revenge\u2019 are completely unacceptable. Such behavior will not be tolerated, as it clearly demonstrates Means\u2019 lack of awareness and the threat he poses to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Means was initially facing a sentence of 32 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man convicted of attempted murder and other charges for shooting a victim while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-399971","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\/399971","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=399971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}