Shots were fired into Bakersfield's KBAK and KBFX studio on Friday and again early Tuesday.

This is an open shooting investigation with no named suspect and no charge. Ten rounds into a conference room and an office are tied to Friday night. Tuesday is a second burst of gunfire at the same building, and police have not said it was the same person. The station's own first write-up dated Friday as Oct. 12. Oct. 12 was a Monday. The updated station story dates Friday as Oct. 9. That date is the one that matches the calendar.

KBAK/KBFX reported that police are investigating a second shooting at the stations' shared studio in Bakersfield. The station said the first shooting was Friday night, Oct. 9, 2026, and the second was early Tuesday morning, Oct. 13. No one was hurt in either shooting. No arrest has been made in either one. An earlier version of the station's own story said the Friday shooting was on Oct. 12, 2026. Oct. 12 was a Monday, not a Friday. A Sinclair partner page carrying the earlier copy dated the shooting Friday, Oct. 9, at around 10 p.m. The station's updated story uses Oct. 9 for Friday and Oct. 13 for the second shooting. BNO News, citing the stations, reported the Friday shooting at about 10 p.m. at the shared studio on Westwind Drive.

The station said security-camera video shows a dark-colored car outside the building along Westwind Drive, and that muzzle flashes are visible as the shots are fired. BNO News, citing the stations, reported that the footage shows a dark-colored car parked outside for several minutes before the suspect opens fire from inside the vehicle. The New York Post reported surveillance video of a black vehicle that pulls up, lingers, and about two minutes into the video shows muzzle flashes from the driver's-side window before the car speeds off. Several minutes and about two minutes are different descriptions of how long the car waited. Dark-colored and black are close, and they are not the same word. The video the station published ran with the Friday-night report. The New York Post's description matches that video. This account does not have a separate video description for Tuesday morning.

The station said investigators reported that ten shots were fired into a conference room and an office, and that additional shots hit the building during the Tuesday morning shooting. The New York Post reported that police said the ten shots into a conference room and an office were Friday, and that additional gunfire hit the station early Tuesday. The station did not give a count for Tuesday. The Post said several shots early Tuesday and did not give a count either. No one has said how many rounds struck the building the second time.

Jessica Belluci of Sinclair, Inc. gave the station a statement about Friday only. "We are cooperating fully with the Bakersfield Police Department as it investigates a shooting incident at our KBAK/KBFX studios Friday evening," she said. "Thankfully, no one was injured. The safety and well-being of our employees is our top priority, and we are taking appropriate steps to ensure a safe and secure workplace. We appreciate the efforts of local law enforcement as the investigation continues." The statement does not mention Tuesday. BNO News reported that KBAK is the CBS affiliate and KBFX is the Fox affiliate, and that both operate from the Westwind Drive building. The New York Post reported that it is unclear whether the shootings are linked, that no station employees were hurt in either incident, and that the shooter or shooters remain at large. The station asked anyone with information to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111. No one has been charged. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.