Petra Maribel Bellanos Casarez, 45, was killed on September 12, 2018, in Bakersfield, California. The shooting was part of a larger attack that began at T&T Trucking, where an employee, Emanuel Contreras, was fatally shot before the assailant went on to shoot Petra. The same attacker then killed three more people that day.

Court records show Petra and her ex-husband, Javier Casarez, had a history of domestic conflict. Javier filed for divorce in late 2017, alleging infidelity; the divorce was finalized in June 2018 but disputes over child support, spousal support, and property control continued. Petra had filed for changes to those arrangements just days before the shootings. Law enforcement described the killings as targeted and connected to those domestic disputes.

The Bakersfield community was left reeling by the multiple deaths and the role of domestic strife in the violence. If anyone knew Petra, her family, or has information about the events leading to September 12, 2018, please share what you know.