Man pleads no contest to manslaughter in 2019 Valentine’s Day shooting
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who had faced murder and attempted murder charges in a 2019 shooting on Valentine’s Day in East Bakersfield has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, court records show.
Antonio Maldonado Jr., 26, also pleaded no contest Thursday to an assault charge, records show. He faces eight years in prison at a sentencing hearing set in June, prosecutors said.
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Other charges were dismissed under the plea agreement.
Maldonado was one of two brothers involved in an argument with a group at an apartment complex near Haley and Flower streets on Feb. 14, 2019. A shootout erupted and bystander Manuel Figueroa, 57, was hit, authorities said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Elias Maldonado, 18 at the time of the shooting, was also involved, authorities said. He was confirmed dead almost a year later, according to U.S. Marshals.
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