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Margarita Lopez

Case from Bakersfield, CA dated Apr 19, 2024

Victim Details

Margarita Lopez

Female

Bakersfield

CA

2024-04-19

38

Margarita

Lopez

07/15/2026

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On the night of April 19, 2024, 38-year-old Margarita "Maggie" Lopez was fatally shot in east Bakersfield, California. The incident occurred on Pearl Street around 10:44 p.m., where deputies found Lopez with gunshot wounds; she was transported to Kern Medical, where she was pronounced dead.

Witnesses, including Lopez's sister, Sandy Camarena, reported that the shooter was Lopez's brother-in-law, 36-year-old Paul Magallanes. Camarena recounted that Magallanes confronted Lopez, shouting ...
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  • KGET 17: Woman dead, man arrested in shooting on Pearl Street
  • KBAK: Woman shot and killed after shooting in east Bakersfield identified
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