Jayden Henry Marvin Jackson, 14, was killed in the early morning hours of January 12, 2024, inside a residence on Provincetown Avenue in southwest Bakersfield. Loved ones described him as goofy, energetic, caring and witty, with nicknames including Jaybug and sunnybunny. Officers responded to a shooting call shortly before 6:30 a.m. and found Jayden deceased; an autopsy determined he died from a gunshot wound to the neck and the Kern County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Court documents say a 33-year-old man, Gregory Michael Wisniewski, picked up Jayden and five other teenagers around midnight without parental permission, took them to his home, supplied alcohol and left a firearm accessible. Documents state the teens began handling the weapon and Jayden was accidentally shot by another individual. Wisniewski was arrested the next day and charged with five counts of child cruelty and one count of first-degree criminal storage of a firearm; he initially pleaded not guilty.

Did anyone in Bakersfield know Jayden, his routine, or have information about how the teens came to be at that residence?