Tony Gutierrez Jr., 30, was shot and killed in Bakersfield on the night of August 25, 2020. Deputies from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office responded about 10:30 p.m. to the 700 block of Water Street, near Columbus Street and River Boulevard, and found Gutierrez suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial statements indicated no immediate suspects and investigators asked the public for information.

Later developments in the investigation identified two men, Adam Robert Sickler and Matthew Gabriel Torres, as suspects. Court records show both were charged with murder and later entered no contest pleas to voluntary manslaughter. Records also state Sickler was affiliated with the Loma Bakers street gang and had an ongoing feud with Gutierrez; the shooting occurred outside an apartment on Water Street. Sickler was already serving a 19-year term for unrelated offenses, and Torres faced a separate multi-year sentence.

Does anyone who knew Tony or who was in that neighborhood on August 25, 2020 have information that could shed more light on what happened?