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Authorities identify man killed in Oildale shooting

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County Sheriff's detectives conducted a homicide investigation in Oildale on Sunday morning following a shooting.

Authorities identified Timothy Robert Brown, 41, of Bakersfield, as the man killed in the shooting.

The call came for reports of a shooting on El Tejon Avenue near Sequoia Drive around 2:30 a.m. Brown was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.

KCSO detectives interviewed witnesses for a period of time but no word yet on any suspect details.

Anyone with information on this incident - call KCSO at 861-31-10 or the secret witness hotline at 322-40-40.

According to our 23ABC homicide tracker, this death marks the 129th homicide in Kern County.

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