Police killings
2013-2020

Graciano Ceballos

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 4/18/2020

Bakersfield, Kern, CA
Mervyn's Place and California Avenue

Deputies were called around 12:30 a.m. for shots being fired. Deputies determined the shots had been fired from someone inside of a vehicle. A deputy spotted a vehicle a short time later and attempted to pull it over. The driver did not stop and the deputy pursued the vehicle. The driver stopped at an intersection, and an officer opened shot and killed one of the people inside the vehicle.