BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man is in the hospital Monday after being shot by an officer after a failed traffic stop in northwest Bakersfield.
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, officers attempted a traffic stop in the area of Mohawk Street and Siena Lane at 2:15 a.m. The vehicle stopped on Latina Drive and Pisa Way, one of the occupants fleeing the vehicle eastbound on foot.
An officer with BPD then pursued the man, the man pulling out a handgun and pointing it at the officer. The officer then shot the man…