{"id":466017,"date":"2026-09-16T21:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466017\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:34:54","slug":"man-arrested-in-connection-to-east-bakersfield-double-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466017\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in connection to east Bakersfield double homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; A man was arrested in connection to a double homicide that happened in east Bakersfield in late May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect was identified as Kenneth Calloway Macklin, 59, according to the Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. Macklin was arrested Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Macklin was arrested in connection to a double homicide reported in the area of <a data-ylk=\"slk:Eucalyptus Drive on May 25;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\/2-dead-after-shooting-on-eucalyptus-dr-kcso\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Eucalyptus Drive on May 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the victims was identified as <a data-ylk=\"slk:Marcelino Rodriguez, 61, of Bakersfield;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\/coroner-ids-man-killed-in-eucalyptus-dr-shooting\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Marcelino Rodriguez, 61, of Bakersfield<\/a>. The second victim has not been identified by the Kern County Coroner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Macklin is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KCSO is investigating this case, the community is asked to call 661-861-3110 if they may have any additional details.<\/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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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; A man was arrested in connection to a double homicide that happened in east&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,16273,28308,183526,182138,176122,328,89684,183527],"class_list":["post-466017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-connection","tag-double-homicide","tag-kenneth-calloway-macklin","tag-kern-county-coroner39s-office","tag-kern-county-sheriff39s-office","tag-kget","tag-macklin","tag-marcelino-rodriguez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466017","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=466017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}