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Coroner IDs Bakersfield man killed in Friday night shooting
The Kern County coroner's office has identified a Bakersfield man shot and killed Friday in what the agency has determined was a homicide.
The agency reported Monday that Izaiah Thor Rodriguez, age 20, died at 12:40 a.m. Saturday at Kern Medical after being shot 43 minutes earlier in the 5600 block of Stockdale Highway.
An unidentified juvenile who was seen fleeing the area Friday night has been arrested on suspicion of shooting Rodriguez, the Bakersfield Police Department reported earlier. It said police found a firearm believe to have been used in the shooting and that a witness identified the suspect in an in-field lineup.
Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call BPD at 661-327-7111.
