BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was shot at Beale Park late Friday night.
Officials said Mario Cortez Flores, 38, was shot at Beale Park on Friday and died at Kern Medical on Sunday.
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Police officers responded to the park at about 11:33 p.m. Friday for a ShotSpotter activation, officials said. A man, later identified as Flores, was found at the park with an apparent gunshot wound.
In a statement on Monday, officials said officers saw a “blacked-out vehicle” fleeing the area minutes after the ShotSpotter activation. Officers stopped the vehicle with three people inside and recovered a weapon…