BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A Kern County jury on Thursday found a man guilty of murder in the shooting death of a man in Oildale in 2022, according to court records.
Jarrit Perrett, 41, was convicted of killing Derol Louis Del Rio, 62. He also was found guilty of two counts of manufacturing or distributing an assault weapon.
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Del Rio was shot early April 3, 2022, and was declared dead at the scene on Minner Avenue, south of Norris Road and west of North Chester Avenue.
Perrett had three guns on him when arrested, according to a sheriff’s report. He had previously lived at the home currently occupied by Del Rio -- and had been evicted a year earlier for harassing a neighbor.
Perrett and Del Rio never lived together, according to the report.