Man gets jail for allegedly shooting at family member

Jason Kotowski

April 23, 2024 at 3:07 PM·1 min read

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday after pleading no contest to a felony charge for allegedly firing a shot at a family member last year.

Benny Laws also received two years’ probation after pleading no contest to recklessly firing a gun, according to court records. Two other felony counts were dismissed.

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During a family dispute last February, Laws, 40 at the time, pulled a gun and fired at an adult nephew, police said. The nephew wasn’t hit. The shooting occurred in the 4600 block of Black Rock Mountain Court, just east of Hughes Lane.

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