BPD reports reveal night of drinking, street racing that led to man's death | News | bakersfield.com

A night filled with what Bakersfield Police described as drinking and a reckless car chase ultimately left one man dead and two people arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, according to recently released BPD reports filed in Kern County Superior Court.Bakersfield police say in their reports that the incident unfolded late in the night of March 16, when Javontae Murphy sent a Snapchat video with the text “I Just want another drunkkkk night,” according to the report filed in court. Another video reveals Murphy at Brix, with watery eyes, which indicates alcohol intoxication, the filings noted.Another Snapchat video of Murphy playing beer pong was sent, with text saying he would lose. The filings say that the investigator knows losing at beer pong means one has consumed many alcoholic beverages, leading to intoxication.BPD’s report states that Murphy bought one Sex on the Beach, usually made with vodka and peach schnapps. Deviin Rufus, charged with being an accessory, bought three Hennessy drinks at Brix. Witnesses say both could have consumed at least three or four drinks if not more, according to BPD’s report filed in court. “I was very drunk,” Rufus said, according to BPD’s documentation. He then asked his friends to drive,…
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