UPDATE (Oct. 17 5:19 p.m.): Three firearms and drugs were found inside the Green Moon Dispensary Monday afternoon after Bakersfield Police served a search warrant.
BPD said three firearms, 15 grams of rock cocaine and a large amount of marijuana was located in the pot shop.
Police said the investigation is ongoing.
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UPDATE (Oct. 16 5:08 p.m.): Bakersfield Police are investigating a shooting at a pot shop Monday afternoon after serving several search warrants to pot shops that day.
At 1:45 p.m., BPD served a search warrant at the Green Moon Dispensary and escorted three women outside.
When officers asked a man inside a locked room to exit, a single gunshot was heard, BPD said.
Officers said the man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the upper torso and was pronounced dead at the scene.
BPD said the investigation is ongoing and the identity of the deceased man will be released by the Kern County Coroner's Office.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.
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UPDATE (Oct. 16 4:48 p.m.): BPD said they served several search warrants on pot shops on Monday.
Officers are continuing to investigate a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon at the Green Moon Dispensary after a warrant was served there.
At 2:50 p.m., BPD served a search warrant at IMC cannabis store at 107 17th Street.
V to 21st Streets were reopened around 4:45 p.m. after being shut down for a couple hours.
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UPDATE (Oct. 16 3:50 p.m.): Bakersfield Police said one person has died in a shooting inside a downtown Bakersfield pot shop Monday afternoon.
According to BPD, Vice Unit was conducting a search warrant of The Green Moon Dispensary at 131 Golden State Avenue when officers heard a gunshot go off.
A male subject was in a locked room and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to BPD.
It's unknown if the man was a patron or employee of the pot shop, according to BPD.
V to 21st Streets are blocked off.
Coroner's Office is en route and BPD said they will be there investigating for several more hours.
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Bakersfield Police is investigating a shooting that happened at a downtown Bakersfield pot shop Monday afternoon.
BPD has confirmed a shot was fired around 2 p.m. from inside The Green Moon Dispensary at 131 Golden Avenue.
Police and SWAT teams shut down several streets nearby while they investigated the shooting.
No other information was immediately available.
