Izaiah Thor Rodriguez, 20, was fatally shot late the night of June 13, 2025, in the parking lot of the Stockdale Village Shopping Center in Bakersfield, California. Officers responded around 11:57 p.m. to the 5600 block of Stockdale Highway in front of the Office Depot; he succumbed to his wounds shortly afterward and the coroner recorded his time of death at 12:40 a.m. the next day. The Kern County Coroner’s Office later identified him publicly and classified the death as a homicide.

Bakersfield Police investigators announced that a teenage boy was taken into custody in connection with the shooting; the suspect’s name was not released because of his age and initial reports did not disclose further details about charges. Family and social memorials emphasize the suddenness of the loss and describe Rodriguez as a young man just entering his twenties. Anyone who was in the Stockdale Village Shopping Center area late on June 13, 2025, or who has information about the incident is asked to come forward.