Fernando Espino Nava, a 69-year-old Hispanic/Latino man and resident of Hanford, was found shot to death the evening of June 8, 2025, on Blackburn Street in the Fuller Acres area of Kern County, just west of Weedpatch Highway near Bakersfield. Deputies and coroner’s officials were called about 7:04 p.m.; Nava was pronounced dead at the scene and later publicly identified by the Kern County Coroner’s Office.

Authorities opened a homicide investigation, stating he had been shot by another person. Local homicide trackers and memorial listings record June 8, 2025, as the date he was lost to gun violence.

If anyone has information about Nava, his movements that evening, or the Fuller Acres area near Blackburn Street, please come forward.