Roger Alan Maestas, 39, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and pronounced dead on January 16, 2024, in the 1000 block of Clyde Street in east Bakersfield. The Kern County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide and the Bakersfield Police Department opened an active investigation.

Maestas had prior encounters with law enforcement, including arrests on June 11, 2023 for resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer, and earlier charges in 2016 for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Authorities have said no public connection has been established between those prior arrests and the killing. As of March 25, 2024 no arrests had been made and police were asking the public for help identifying suspects.

Did anyone in Bakersfield recognize Maestas or see activity around Clyde Street that night that could help investigators?