BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in east Bakersfield.
Deputies responded Friday afternoon to the 500 block of Pepper Drive after a shooting victim appeared at a hospital about an hour before the dispatch.
Shots were fired following a chase after the suspect crashed his car on Highway 58, east of Weedpatch Highway, after fleeing the shooting scene.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
No deputies were injured. No names have been released.
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