Police make arrests in Bakersfield shooting death

Police make arrests in Bakersfield shooting death

The Bakersfield Police Department has arrested three men in connection with the shooting death of a 41-year-old Bakersfield man on June 3 at a Family Dollar store on Union Avenue.

Police said they took into custody Jose Zambrano, 33, and Juan Rubio, 28,  late Wednesday night and Jose Urenda, 35, was taken into custody early Thursday morning after a using a police dog to end a brief pursuit.

The men are suspects in the June 3 shooting death of Carlos Munoz, who was found dead in front of the Family Dollar store at 333 Union Avenue. Investigators said Munoz had been shot in the upper torso and later died as a result of his wounds.

 

All three suspects were later arrested and booked into the Kern County Jail for murder, conspiracy, and solicitation to committ murder.

This investigation is ongoing.

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