on the afternoon of october 28 2020 three kern county sheriff's deputies were involved in officer-involved shootings at two separate locations in east bakersfield the following presentation is intended to help bring context to the facts surrounding this case this presentation contains a map of the location of the incident audio recordings including 9-1-1 calls and the radio conversation between the dispatcher and deputies and body-worn camera video some of the audio and visuals we're about to present may be disturbing viewer discretion is advised 911 where is your emergency water stream there's been a shooting somebody was shooting a gun and there's a guy on the ground that was moving like trying to get out of the way could you send me a paramedic to a thousand water street please one thousand water shots suffering from a gunshot wound to the right leg [Applause] will be hispanic mouth 30's black shirt and company have a female wearing orange clothing last seen eastbound in the alley at 2 59 p.m a male later identified as justin escada is seen walking northbound in the 3000 block of dartmouth street he's in the company of a female later identified as serena rodriguez deputy christopher gonzalez an eight-year veteran of the kern county sheriff's office attempted to locate the suspect near the scene deputy gonzalez circulated the area and located a skadan rodriguez near the intersection of dartmouth street and west point drive a few blocks north of the shooting the following video was taken from deputy gonzalez's bodyboard camera where you guys coming from hey hey come here no you no guy one two one calls two bond trials 998 dartmouth and west point hispanic male gracer armed with the rifle [Applause] escadas shot at deputy gonzalez and deputy gonzalez returned fire escada was armed with a rifle additional deputies as well as officers from both the bpd and the california highway patrol arrived on scene in an effort to locate escada who fled into the alley [Applause] he is now firing at helicopter [Applause] both the pilot and the tactical flight officer were uninjured the helicopter did not sustain any damage escada spent several minutes in this alley occasionally jumping fences into backyards a shelter and place request was initiated by kcso and multiple schools were placed on lockdown as law enforcement completed a ground search at 3 24 p.m a skate is seen entering the south side yard of a residence in the 3000 block of dartmouth street he's wearing a blue bandana over his face at 3 28 pm an armored law enforcement vehicle and multiple personnel arrive to the front of the same residence the residents are evacuated for their safety detective vidal contreras and deputy miguel orozco have positioned themselves at a neighboring residence to the south detective contreras used the rear door for cover while deputy orozco remained inside the properties are separated by a six-foot high wooden fence detective contreras an 18-year veteran of kcso was not equipped with a body-worn camera deputy orozco has been employed with kcso for three years his assigned body-worn camera was active [Music] he's going to the alley of the fence i got a head shot [Music] still moving going northbound correction easy coming out towards the front there's coming [Music] it's in this enjoy right in front of us [Music] it was right in front of us detective contreras is at the rear door of this residence he fires one round escada is on the ground just below this frame in this angle a skate is seen running east along the fence line at least one bullet strike is seen in the spotlight at 3 53 pm law enforcement personnel entered the yard in which escada had fallen although they can see escada their approach is methodical because escada's firearm is still within his reach here's a closer look at the rifle that escada was armed with medical aid arrived on scene at 3 59 pm escada was first transported to an area hospital then later to a hospital in fresno for treatment on november 14 2020 escada was pronounced dead at community regional medical center all three deputies were placed on routine administrative leave pending completion of the investigation the kern county sheriff's office homicide unit investigates any use of deadly force by any member of the department their findings have been submitted to the kern county district attorney's office for criminal review on december 17 2020 the kern county sheriff's office convened an incident review board examining the use of force by deputy gonzalez detective contreras and deputy orozco the use of force by deputy gonzalez detective contreras and deputy orozco was deemed to be within department policy you