‘I wanna die tonight, so I’m pulling my gun out’: Footage released of shooting that wounded Kernville gunman

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Colin Kegley was adamant about his plans for June 5 — he was going to shoot law enforcement and either die or spend the rest of his life in prison.

“I wanna die tonight, so I’m pulling my gun out,” Kegley told a sheriff’s dispatcher.

Kegley, 28, did in fact get shot. He was wounded by a deputy who spotted him armed with a rifle on the roof of a Kernville business.

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But he didn’t die, and is now awaiting the results of a mental competency hearing while he remains in custody on no bail…

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