Six dead -- five victims and suspect -- in southeast Bakersfield shooting

Source: Bakersfield Californian

Six people were killed in southeast Bakersfield on Wednesday evening in what Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood described as a "mass shooting."

That includes five victims and a suspect, the sheriff said.

"This is highly unusual to have six people shot and dead in one incident," Youngblood said. Asked if this was a mass shooting, the sheriff said "absolutely."

Addressing the media around 8 p.m., Youngblood said the suspect went to a trucking business with his wife and confronted another male at the business, which is located on Manwell Boulevard behind Bear Mountain Sports.

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