Update: Jose Velasquez, the man suspected of shooting and killing a man in Southeast Bakersfield last month, pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and reckless discharge of a firearm.
49-year-old Velasquez was in court Monday afternoon for felony arraignment.
Deputies arrested Velasquez last month for the shooting of 19-year-old Nicholas Villarreal.
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a disturbance call near Chattahoochee Lane and Missouri Avenue at 11:49 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2019. When they arrived they found Villarreal with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Velasquez is due back in court on Jan. 17 for a preliminary hearing.
The Kern County coroner identified 19-year-old Nicholas Villarreal as the man shot and killed in Southeast Bakersfield on Dec. 29, 2019.
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, deputies were responding to a disturbance call near Chattahoochee Lane and Missouri Avenue at 11:49 a.m., when they found Villarreal with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies arrested 49-year-old Jose Velasquez for the shooting.
Velazquez is being charged with second degree murder and reckless discharge of a firearm. He is being held on a $1,000,000 bail.
Valezquez was due in court today at 3 p.m. for felony arraignment.
