BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man shot and killed on Knotts Street as 30-year-old Arthur Deray Ward of Bakersfield.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on April 13, 2026, at around 10:15 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the 600 block of Knotts Street for a report of a shooting.
When deputies arrived, they found two victims, both men.
Both were taken to a hospital, where one of the victims, later identified as Ward, was later pronounced dead. The second victim remains hospitalized…