Friday night’s fatal shooting at a southwest Bakersfield high school football game “was not a random act of violence,” the city’s police department said Saturday\u00a0after\u00a0arresting a 15-year-old suspected gang member who it said knew the victim.<\/p>\n
The unidentified teen’s arrest in the 7500 block of Stockdale Highway was part of what the Bakersfield Police Department called an active investigation.<\/p>\n
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