Raul Francisco Nunez, 33, of Bakersfield was shot and killed on December 4, 2020. Responding crews initially were sent for a reported traffic collision near North Chester and Woodrow avenues in the Oildale neighborhood, but paramedics found Raul with a gunshot wound to the neck; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the coroner confirmed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the neck. This was recorded as the 121st homicide in Kern County for 2020.

Raul was born December 19, 1986, and was remembered as an athletic community member who graduated from South High in 2003 and participated in football, baseball, basketball and track. He was a devoted father and uncle and volunteered with the Bakersfield AIDS Project and Gleaners. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation; as of the latest update no arrests or suspects have been announced and no motive has been released.

Did anyone in the community have information about Raul’s activities that night or who might have been involved?