Erik Gilberto Martinez, 29, was shot in the early morning hours of December 3, 2021, in East Bakersfield and died about an hour after being taken to a hospital. Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office responded just after 5 a.m. to a call of a shooting on Shelly Lane near Pico Avenue and found Martinez and another person with gunshot wounds. Martinez was located in the 3100 block of Shelly Lane; the Kern County Coroner’s Office later identified him as the deceased.

No suspect information or arrests had been released, and the investigation remained active as authorities asked the public to contact the Kern County Sheriff’s Office or the Secret Witness Line with any leads. Does anyone in Bakersfield have information about activity on Shelly Lane that morning or saw anything suspicious near Pico Avenue?