BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The 17-year-old identified himself as one of three gunmen who fired shots that killed a man in a vehicle parked at the Central Cali Market.
Interviewed by police in 2020, Brandon Michael Billingsley said he heard the man had a gun — but never saw one. He claimed he fired two rounds into the driver’s side door in self-defense, according to court documents.
As he wrote a letter apologizing to the victim’s family, Billingsley tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen, documents said. Detectives stopped him; he was uninjured.
Billingsley, now 22, is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, gang participation and other crimes. A preliminary hearing is scheduled next month.
He is the only suspect in the shooting death of Raul Dominguez, 38, who hasn’t gone to trial.
The other two — Mark Milner and Parrish Stinson — were found guilty of murder and other crimes and are set for sentencing Jan. 21.
The shooting happened around 9 p.m. on May 31, 2020, in the parking lot of the market at 801 E. California Ave.