David Ray Steelman, 31, was shot and killed in Taft, California, on June 13, 2018. Deputies found him alive but critically injured on Crystal Street just north of Olive Avenue; he was pronounced dead shortly after their arrival. The Kern County Coroner’s Office listed gunshot wounds as the cause of death and investigators determined he had been shot multiple times.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office conducted interviews and collected evidence at the scene, but details about suspects or a motive were not released and no arrests were announced in the immediate aftermath. Detectives followed up on public tips in the months after the killing, yet the case remained unsolved.

Anyone with information about the shooting on Crystal Street on June 13, 2018, is asked to contact the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.