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Javier Casarez: 2018 Bakersfield Mass Murder

Overview

On September 12, 2018, 54-year-old Javier Casarez carried out a coordinated shooting spree across multiple locations in and around southeast Bakersfield, California, killing five people—including his recently divorced ex-wife—before fatally shooting himself as a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy closed in. Authorities described the attacks as targeted and rooted in domestic-violence dynamics.

Timeline of Events — September 12, 2018

According to investigators and contemporaneous local reporting, the violence unfolded over roughly 37 minutes between about 5:18 p.m. and 5:55 p.m., beginning at T&T Trucking near Highway 58 and Weedpatch Highway and moving to a nearby street, then to a private residence on Breckenridge Road, followed by a carjacking on Fillmore Avenue, and ending on Edison Highway where Casarez took his own life.

Victims (names, dates & locations)

  • Manuel Contreras, 50 — shot and killed at T&T Trucking, near Hwy 58 & Weedpatch Hwy, Bakersfield, on Sept. 12, 2018.
  • Petra Maribel Bolanos de Casarez, 45 — the gunman’s ex-wife; killed at T&T Trucking, Bakersfield, on Sept. 12, 2018.
  • Antonio Valadez, 50 — pursued by vehicle and shot dead near 8032 Di Miller Drive, Bakersfield, on Sept. 12, 2018.
  • Eliseo Garcia Cazares, 57 — shot and killed at a residence at 9406 Breckenridge Road, Bakersfield, on Sept. 12, 2018.
  • Laura Garcia, 31 — the daughter of Eliseo; also killed at the 9406 Breckenridge Road residence, on Sept. 12, 2018.
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Killer's Details

Casarez

Javier

9/12/2018

5:18 PM

37

5:55 PM

660

Manwell Blvd

Bakersfield

CA

Kern County

93307

35.348896

-118.916444

Trucking warehouse

54

1

Yes

1 Firearm

NA

08/17/2025


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