Bakersfield, Calif.- Bakersfield Police officers were investigating an apparent Christmas Day murder-suicide late Thursday night at a Bakersfield residence, police said. Officers with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a reported shooting at about 10:11 p.m. Thursday in the 2700 block of Blade Avenue. When officers arrived, they found an adult man and an adult woman suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, police said. Both victims were dead at the scene. Detectives from the Bakersfie

298K views · 493 reactions | The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for help identifying a man accused of assaulting and stealing a security guard's cell phone near the Burlington store on California Avenue. BPD released video of the alleged suspect walking in the store. MORE: https://bit.ly/3GEhOyF | BakersfieldNow | Facebook

13K views · 450 reactions | ACTS OF KINDNESS: BPD Officer Nicole Anderberg decided to help out the community by handing out craft bags to children in the area that she patrols. Way to go Officer Anderberg! For more on the story check out BakersfieldNow.com: https://bit.ly/2UrUkkq | BakersfieldNow | Facebook

163K views · 678 shares | BPD has released the traffic light camera...

12K views · 185 reactions | On Saturday, video by 23ABC caught hundreds of people gathering at a Central Bakersfield intersection for an illegal street takeover and BPD said at least two drivers were arrested for blocking a road for a speed contest: https://www.turnto23.com/news/crime/bpd-multiple-illegal-street-takeovers-held-over-the-weekend | 23ABC Bakersfield | Facebook

OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING FOOTAGE: The Bakersfield Police Department released body cam footage from the Jan. 18th shooting in Bakersfield. It happened off Chester Ave & 13th Street. BPD says the suspect, Esmeraldo Martinez Vivanco, who had other alias names, was killed. No other injures were reported. #bakersfield #police #crime | 23ABC Bakersfield