Damien Joseph Bullard, 26, was fatally shot inside a small marijuana dispensary in east Bakersfield on May 27, 2025. Deputies responding about 9:40 p.m. found Bullard and a second victim, 37-year-old Anthony Victor Ochoa, both suffering gunshot wounds; both were pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses and surveillance footage showed four males entering the shop shortly before the shooting, followed by Bullard and Ochoa, and a verbal argument inside the store escalated into multiple shots being fired.

Investigators said the four suspects fled in a gold four-door sedan driven by a female. Homicide detectives, gang units, probation and parole officers identified five suspects: 18-year-old Terrance Thompson, 20-year-old Darwin Young Jr., 20-year-old Nancy Ruiz, and two juvenile males. Authorities linked Thompson and two juveniles to the East Side Crips and described the incident as gang-related and tied to a robbery. Arrests followed in Kern County and Las Vegas; several defendants were booked on murder, robbery and gang charges while Ruiz was charged with second-degree robbery. Young and Ruiz have pleaded not guilty and one juvenile, identified later as 17-year-old Ramahs Turner, faces murder and robbery counts.

Outside court filings, friends and family remember Bullard as hardworking, loyal and a devoted father. Did anyone in Bakersfield see the gold sedan or have information about who entered the dispensary that night?