BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A second suspect in deadly shootings that happened in Bakersfield in 2021 has been arrested, according to sheriff’s officials.
Patreell Seals, 22, was remanded from Wasco State Prison to the Kern County Jail on Wednesday to face charges including two counts of murder and multiple counts of assault with a gun and shooting at an inhabited dwelling, booking records show. He’s scheduled to be arraigned July 2.
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Both Seals and Noah Malachi Hernandez, 20, “are responsible for multiple homicides and shootings in the Bakersfield area,” sheriff’s investigators said in court filings.
Among them, investigators say, is the Nov. 21, 2021, shooting of Jose De La Torre in the parking lot of the Taco Bell at 551 Weedpatch Highway.
A witness told investigators he and a teen accompanied De La Torre to the restaurant’s parking lot to either buy or sell something — he said he didn’t know what the item was.