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On September 10, 2023, at approximately 12:28 a.m., 17-year-old John Avery Davis was fatally shot during a large party in the 2300 block of Westhaven Avenue, near Hughes Lane, in south Bakersfield, California. Responding to reports of a shooting, officers from the Bakersfield Police Department arrived to find both Davis and a 16-year-old boy suffering from gunshot wounds. Both victims were transported to a local hospital, where Davis was pronounced dead, and the 16-year-old remained in critical ...Read More
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John Avery Davis
Male
Black / African American
Bakersfield
CA
2023-09-10
17
John
Avery Davis
11/09/2025
Forum Posts (2)
I've been reading about John Avery Davis’s case, and it’s so upsetting how his life was cut shor... ...Read More
02/12/2024
02/12/2024
Has anyone heard anything new about the status of the other boy who was injured at the Westhaven Ave... ...Read More
11/02/2023
11/02/2023
