Jerry Lana Hastings was 30 when he was shot and killed in Northeast Bakersfield on June 23, 2019. The shooting happened early morning in the area of Isla Verde Street and West Columbus Street; Hastings was found with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to Kern Medical, and later pronounced dead. The Kern County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and the manner homicide.

The Bakersfield Police Department opened an investigation and asked the public for information. Few specifics about the circumstances leading up to the shooting have been released.

If anyone was in the Isla Verde and West Columbus area on June 23, 2019, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with Bakersfield police.