Devin Leray Carter, 51, was fatally shot on the night of February 1, 2018, in East Bakersfield near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Virginia Avenue. The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the cause as multiple gunshot wounds. Local law enforcement treated the death as suspicious from the outset and opened a homicide investigation.

Police collected evidence at the scene and questioned several people, but no arrests were made immediately and investigators publicly reported limited leads and few eyewitnesses willing to come forward. The case has remained open with periodic updates but no publicly announced breakthrough.

Anyone with information about that night or who may have seen activity in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Virginia Avenue area on February 1, 2018, is asked to contact the Bakersfield Police Department.