BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a deadly gang-related shooting on Oak Street was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison.
Mario Romo, 31, was sentenced in the death of Mario Bojorquez, 33.
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On July 9, 2022, police were called to Oak Street just south of Palm Street to reports of a shooting. They found Bojorquez with several gunshot wounds. He was taken to Kern Medical, where he later died.
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Police said in reports filed in Superior Court they believe Romo and others were involved in a marijuana trafficking organization, and Bojorquez, a documented Sureno gang member, stole from them. The shooting was retaliation for the theft, an investigator wrote.
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