BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Three 18-year-old suspects accused of shooting 38-year-old Mario Cortez Flores at Beale Park on March 13 pleaded not guilty this week, according to Kern County court records. Flores later died at Kern Medical.
Brayden Ari Mendez, Joshua Ronald Holguin, and Alexa Marmolejo pleaded not guilty to murder and robbery on Tuesday, March 17, court records show.
On March 13, at around 11:33 p.m., officers responded to Beale Park for ShotSpotter activation in the area. They found Flores with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Kern Medical in critical condition…