Brandon Christian Cisneros, 22, was found unresponsive inside a vehicle the morning of May 13, 2025, near Dresser Avenue and Western Avenue in an unincorporated area southwest of Wasco in Kern County. Deputies were called about 9 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Early reports noted signs of trauma and the Kern County Coroner later determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and asked anyone with information to contact its main line or Kern Secret Witness. Few investigative details have been released.

Did anyone in the Wasco or Shafter area see or hear anything near Dresser Avenue and Western Avenue on the morning of May 13 that could help investigators?