{"id":472251,"date":"2026-09-22T20:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472251\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:08:29","slug":"15k-reward-offered-for-information-on-shooter-in-2023-bakersfield-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472251\/","title":{"rendered":"$15K reward offered for information on shooter in 2023 Bakersfield murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, CA \u2014 Kern Secret Witness is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person wanted in connection with the murder of Johnasen Crummie.<\/p>\n<p>The reward stems from a Feb. 11, 2023, shooting in which Crummie was killed outside an apartment complex in the 200 block of Clifton Avenue in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790107709_268_.png\" alt=\"Johnasen Crummie\"  width=\"102\" height=\"122\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Police Department <\/p>\n<p>Police say the investigation identified Darius Key as the driver of the suspect vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Key was convicted of murder and sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for his role in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>However, investigators have not identified the person who pulled the trigger, and that suspect remains at large.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives believe members of the community may have information that could help identify the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-322-4040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, CA \u2014 Kern Secret Witness is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,6596,185748,185749,22067,185750,135],"class_list":["post-472251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-bakersfield-shooting","tag-darius-key","tag-johnasen-crummie","tag-kern-secret-witness","tag-reward-offered","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472251","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=472251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}