Vernon W. Lancaster says the 36-week sentence for a 13-year-old who admitted to 2nd-degree murder and assault with a semiautomatic firearm is not enough, and he is calling on city and county leaders to do more to address gang violence.
A cross now marks the place where 53-year-old Eric Lancaster died, just steps from his father’s home on Crane Street in East Bakersfield.
Vernon W. Lancaster was also shot during the July attack and says he continues to live with pain in his leg…