BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police are looking for a suspect or suspects in connection with a shooting that took place last month near East Belle Terrace Park.
Police say On December 17, 2013, at 9:43 a.m. they were called to call to check the welfare of a subject in a vehicle in the 800 block of Citadel Road. When they arrived, officers located an elderly man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. It was later determined that the victim was sleeping in his vehicle when unknown suspect(s) fired several shots at the vehicle, striking the victim in the head.
The victim’s vehicle is depicted in the attached photograph. The motive for this crime is unknown. The victim is still recovering in an area hospital.
The Secret Witness Program is offering a reward up to $5,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and filing of a complaint of the suspect or suspects responsible for this offense.
The Secret Witness phone line operates 24 hours a day. Secrecy is guaranteed to those who call. Callers will be asked to select a code name and code number when they provide information to Secret Witness. Should additional contact with the caller be necessary, the code name will be published along with a request for the original caller to establish contact.
Once contact is made, the caller will be asked to provide their original code number for verification purposes. The same steps will be taken to pay a reward to the caller. Secret Witness is operated under the direction of an independent, voluntary board of directors representing civic organizations, law enforcement agencies, media outlets, and corporate sponsors.
Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Detective Damacio Diaz at (661) 326-3513, Bakersfield Police at (661) 327-7111 or the Secret Witness line at (661) 322-4040.
Police say On December 17, 2013, at 9:43 a.m. they were called to call to check the welfare of a subject in a vehicle in the 800 block of Citadel Road. When they arrived, officers located an elderly man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. It was later determined that the victim was sleeping in his vehicle when unknown suspect(s) fired several shots at the vehicle, striking the victim in the head.
The victim’s vehicle is depicted in the attached photograph. The motive for this crime is unknown. The victim is still recovering in an area hospital.
The Secret Witness Program is offering a reward up to $5,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and filing of a complaint of the suspect or suspects responsible for this offense.
The Secret Witness phone line operates 24 hours a day. Secrecy is guaranteed to those who call. Callers will be asked to select a code name and code number when they provide information to Secret Witness. Should additional contact with the caller be necessary, the code name will be published along with a request for the original caller to establish contact.
Once contact is made, the caller will be asked to provide their original code number for verification purposes. The same steps will be taken to pay a reward to the caller. Secret Witness is operated under the direction of an independent, voluntary board of directors representing civic organizations, law enforcement agencies, media outlets, and corporate sponsors.
Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Detective Damacio Diaz at (661) 326-3513, Bakersfield Police at (661) 327-7111 or the Secret Witness line at (661) 322-4040.