BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the public's help finding Robert Pernell Roberts, 29, of Bakersfield, who is wanted in a deadly shooting in a Target parking lot.
Police say Roberts is described as about 5-foot-7-inched tall, weighing about 220 pounds, with brown eyes, and is balding.
He is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, said BPD. He is possibly a transient with no fixed address, said BPD.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Roberts should call 911 or call M. Hernandez at 661-326-3567.
Police say officers arrived at the parking lot at the intersection of Buena Vista Road and Stockdale Highway just after 9 p.m. on Aug. 24th where they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. That man was identified as 43-year-old Benny Juarez Alcala, Junior.
The state corrections department confirms he was a correctional counselor at the Wasco State Prison. He had been working there since September of 2006.
In a statement the corrections department said: "We are keeping the Alcala family, and all of our family at Wasco State Prison in our thoughts. We extend our deepest sympathies and our strongest support to all during these difficult times."
