Kern County Sheriff Office releases video of deadly deputy shooting at Virginia Park

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Bakersfield, CA - The Kern County Sheriff’s Office released body-camera video involving the deadly deputy shooting at Virginia Park earlier this month.

KCSO said on March 4, 2025, at about 2:30 p.m., Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a sexual assault investigation regarding a child.

KCSO said after further investigation, deputies determined the need for an Emergency Protective Order (EPO). After the EPO was granted, deputies learned the suspect, 42-year-old Homero Rosales Corona, was at Virginia Park on Virginia Avenue.

Deputies arrived at Virginia Park to serve the EPO to Rosales Corona at 6:36 p.m.

KCSO released a video of deputies arriving at the park.

KCSO said Rosales Corona alerted the deputies to his location by flagging them down. As deputies walked toward Rosales Corona to talk to him, he allegedly picked up a shotgun.

The video showed Corona having the gun behind his back.

Deputies retreated and ordered the suspect to drop the gun in both English and Spanish. The suspect refused and raised the gun at deputies.

That was when the deputy-involved shooting happened.

KCSO shared a photo of the gun that Corona had.

KCSO said Senior Deputy Ralph Lomas and Sergeant Jose Perez were placed on critical incident leave pending the completion of the investigation.

On March 26, 2025, the Kern County Sheriff's Office did a critical incident review board examining the use of force in this incident. The use of force in this incident was determined to be within policy.