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Body camera footage of Cal City officer-involved shooting details moments before 17-year-old suspect is arrested
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office released shocking body camera video on Thursday afternoon of an officer-involved shooting in California City that left the 17-year-old suspect and an officer injured. The shooting happened in April and the sheriff's office released just parts of one officer's body worn camera footage on Friday. From the 911 call made by a witness to the arrest of the suspect, the video details what transpired that afternoon. The teen — 17-year-old Annette Garcia — is in custody in Juvenile Hall, awaiting her competency trial. Footage released by KCSO starts with a 911 call made by a witness. 'Okay, there is a girl walking towards Lime right now. Red bandana. She just shot a gun. She just put it in her pocket,' the caller said. 'Let's get in the house before she shoots again. Dude, I don't want to die… she just shot the gun, but she just saw my son. Sh**. She waved at him.' The witness saw Garcia on the afternoon of April 21 as she allegedly made her way around Corwin Street and Lime Avenue in California City, armed with a handgun. There were multiple witnesses. 'Did she shoot at you?' the caller asks a passerby in a white van. 'She shot at the white van,' she then tells the dispatcher. 'He's trying to call you guys too.' The sheriff's office said the van and a package inside were penetrated. Two California City police officers initially responded to the scene. Reports show while one of them — Officer Timothy Stivers — talked to witnesses, the other — Officer Michael Kelakios — looked around for Garcia. He found her nearby on Hickory Avenue, and a gun battle was exchanged. There were 15 total shots fired by Officer Kelakios. Two of them hit Garcia in the right hip and left elbow. Kelakios was shot in the leg and remains on leave while he recovers. 'Where you shot man?' Officer Stivers asks Officer Kelakios, applying a tourniquet for his colleague. 'Right here, bro,' Kelakios answers, adding, 'She's young, she went that way. Hey, watch yourself, she just pulled [the gun] out and shot right at me, bro…wearing like grey pants, grey hoodie, Hispanic female, black hair. Go get 'em dude, go, go, go!' $450K worth of meth found in shipment of tomatillos at Otay Mesa border crossing After the fiery exchange, Justin Vincent, the city's director of public safety — meaning chief of fire and police — also responded to the scene. Vincent and Stivers chase after the suspect. Vincent detailed to 17 News he had Garcia at gunpoint with his AR-15. Garcia also had additional live ammunition and a knife. 'Show us your hands, now! Put your hands up! All the way up! All the way up!' the officers shouted, as they apprehend Garcia. 'I'm sorry. I was just trying to help my family. They were trying to kill my family,' Garcia responded. As she's handcuffed and arrested, Garcia visibly and audibly struggles, appearing to be in pain. As officers ask her to get on her stomach, Garcia repeats, 'I can't.' At an earlier juvenile court hearing, a prosecutor said Garcia had access to unsecured firearms at her mother's house. Vincent said the mom was arrested last week for a felony — allowing a minor access to firearms. Garcia faces nine total charges, including two counts of attempted murder, assault with a firearm on a peace officer, carrying a loaded firearm in public and being a minor in possession of ammunition. The case was postponed multiple times as Garcia initially recovered at Antelope Valley Hospital. She's now completed a mental competency examination by a psychologist. Those results will be reviewed by a judge to determine if she's competent to stand trial. KCSO said the use of force in this case was determined to be within policy. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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‘They were trying to kill my family': Body camera footage released of teen accused of shooting Cal City officer
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The call came in around 4 p.m. A woman, speaking rapidly, reported a girl walking in California City fired a shot at a white van. 'She just shot a gun,' the caller says in a video released on YouTube Thursday by sheriff's investigators. 'She just put it in her pocket.' Minutes later, an officer found the girl walking on Hickory Avenue. The encounter left both suffering from gunshot wounds. As other officers took her into custody, the girl, Annette Garcia, said she and her family were in danger. 'I was just trying to help my family,' she says. 'They were trying to kill my family.' Garcia, 17 at the time of the April 21 shooting, recovered from her injuries and has undergone a mental competency examination. She's due in juvenile court next week for a hearing at which the results will be discussed. She's charged with two counts of attempted murder, assault with a gun on a peace officer, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, attempted murder of a public official, carrying a loaded gun, possession of live ammunition by a minor, carrying a dirk or dagger and resisting arrest. A prosecutor has said Garcia had access to unsecured guns in her mother's home. The wounded officer, Michael Kelakios, had a bullet removed from his leg, sheriff's officials said. He fired at Garcia after she turned and shot him the moment he got out of his patrol vehicle, according to police. An incident review board on June 5 found he acted within department policy. The video released Thursday contains audio of a 911 call, body camera video of the wounded officer and Garcia's arrest, and photos of the damaged van and the weapons — a handgun and knife — officials said Garcia was carrying. The round fired at the van passed through what appears to be its left side and hit a package inside. That shooting occurred in the area of Corwin Street and Lime Avenue. No one was injured, although the woman on the 911 call was obviously shaken up. 'Let's get in the house before she shoots again,' the woman says to someone, possibly her son, whom she later mentions. 'Dude, I don't want to die.' About nine minutes later, Kelakios confronted Garcia. Body camera video shows another officer arrive after the shooting and apply a tourniquet to Kelakios' leg. While receiving treatment, Kelakios says, 'Hey, watch yourself. She just pulled it out and shot right at me, bro.' He adds, 'I returned fire, but I don't know how I missed.' He hadn't. Garcia had been hit twice, officials said. She was found nearby and held at gunpoint as she dropped her gun. She was then placed in handcuffs. She apologized while being arrested, and kept saying she tried to help her family. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
