BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and gang participation in connection to a shooting Friday night at Independence High School in Bakersfield, California, police said.
A 17-year-old boy died of his wounds from the shooting that took place at the Independence High School campus just yards from where a football game was being played with hundreds of people at the stadium.
17-year-old boy dead in shooting at Independence HS during football game: Bakersfield PD
Police officials said the 15-year-old was taken into custody in the 7500 block of Stockdale Highway. According to police, the 15-year-old suspect and 17-year-old victim knew one another. It “was not a random act of violence,” police said in a statement Saturday.
Dozens of law enforcement officers from the Kern High School District, Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office rushed to the Independence High School campus on Old River Road just after 8 p.m. for reports of a shooting…