Cristobal Rojas Hernandez, 40, was shot at the Vagabond Inn on Colony Street in south Bakersfield on August 14, 2022. The shooting happened about 7:24 p.m.; Hernandez was wounded in a laundry room and taken to Kern Medical, where he died the next day. The Kern County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head.

Court records say the accused shooter, 23-year-old Vicente Niko Williams, traveled to the motel to visit his mother and allegedly shot Hernandez, then tried to shoot his mother but struck another woman, 40-year-old Erika Cecilia Larez Mayorga. Williams was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder; he pleaded not guilty and was held without bail. Questions about his competency delayed proceedings but were later resolved so the case could move forward.

Does anyone have information about Hernandez’s movements that evening or witnesses who saw activity at the Vagabond Inn around 7:20–7:30 p.m.?