{"id":502933,"date":"2026-10-21T03:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T03:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502933\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T03:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T03:36:27","slug":"woman-arraigned-on-felony-misdemeanor-charges-in-shootings-at-bakersfield-news-station-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/502933\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman arraigned on felony, misdemeanor charges in shootings at Bakersfield news station building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; A not guilty plea was entered Tuesday for a woman accused of shooting at the KBAK-TV news station on two different occasions earlier in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thomashana Renee Zeigler, 46, was charged with several felonies including shooting at an inhabited dwelling, shooting at an unoccupied dwelling and two counts of vandalism, according to court records. She was also charged with four misdemeanor firearm-related counts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the arraignment, Zeigler said she is a veteran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A deputy public defender entered a not guilty plea on her behalf during her arraignment Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zeigler is being held without bail. She&#8217;s due back in court Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Oct. 9 and Oct. 13, Bakersfield police officers responded to reports of shots fired at the station in central Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers reportedly found multiple bullet strikes to the building and 11 .40-caliber shell casings after the second incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Three employees were inside the building when the second shooting occurred but no injuries were reported, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zeigler was arrested Oct. 15 during a traffic stop while she was on her way to the KBAK-TV station, BPD said. She was allegedly armed with a .40-caliber handgun and a loaded magazine.<\/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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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 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 not guilty plea was entered Tuesday for a woman accused of shooting at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-502933","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\/502933","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=502933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}