Second suspect arrested in 2021 deadly shooting

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a fatal 2021 shooting on Acacia Avenue, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

Arthur Amire Flores, 23, was arrested at around 2:40 a.m. Jan. 14 in Los Angeles, according to booking records.

On May 13, 2021, at around 8:35 a.m., deputies responded to the 500 block of Acacia Avenue, according to sheriff’s officials. They found a man, later identified as Tyler William Russell, in the alley with gunshot wounds to his chest.

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Russell, 24, of Bakersfield, was pronounced dead at the scene…

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