{"id":457335,"date":"2026-09-08T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457335\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:52:11","slug":"coroner-ids-man-killed-in-bakersfield-police-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457335\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner ID\u2019s man killed in Bakersfield police chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The Kern County Coroner&#8217;s Office has identified the bystander who was killed in a high-speed pursuit early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kevin Daniel Stevens, 22, was killed while sitting on a bus stop bench when the suspect in the pursuit struck him in an attempt to evade police, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Bakersfield Police Department said officers were in pursuit of two men who were in a vehicle that attempted to flee from officers at around 1:30 a.m. near Clover Mountain Court and Pine Meadow Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police were looking to arrest Isaiah Andrade, 21, on a warrant in relation to gun and gang-related offenses. In a statement, police said Andrade got into a vehicle, allegedly driven by Gabriel Lopez, 20, that fled at high speeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Controversy brews after pedestrian killed during Bakersfield police chase;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/news\/local-news\/controversy-brews-after-pedestrian-killed-during-bakersfield-police-chase\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Controversy brews after pedestrian killed during Bakersfield police chase\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police deployed spike strips while Lopez and Andrade were traveling southbound on Airport Drive near Olive Drive in an attempt to stop or slow the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lopez lost control of the vehicle and struck Stevens on the sidewalk, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stevens was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gabriel Lopez was booked into the Lerdo Justice Facility for second-degree murder, evading officers and conspiracy. He is being held on $1.3 million bail, according to inmate records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrade was booked into the Lerdo Justice Facility for evading officers, conspiracy, gang and firearm-related charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The Kern County Coroner&#8217;s Office has identified the bystander who was killed in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[180471,151,153,152,180292,180472,328,177728,50933,25304,177767],"class_list":["post-457335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-andrade","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-gabriel-lopez","tag-kevin-daniel-stevens","tag-kget","tag-kget-17-news","tag-lopez","tag-stevens","tag-the-bakersfield-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457335","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=457335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}