BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man shot and killed in the deputy-involved shooting in Lake Isabella as 39-year-old Fernando Padilla of Bodfish.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at around 1:40 a.m., deputies assigned to the Kern Valley Substation responded to the area of Kilbreth Avenue and Lake Isabella Boulevard for reports of a person firing a handgun.
KCSO said deputies made contact with the suspect, who left to the area of Highway 178, where a deputy-involved shooting happened…