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Police Killing

Bakersfield police officer Warren Martin, son of co-defendant police chief Lyle Martin, shot Augustus Joshua Crawford in the back, killing him, as he ran away from a traffic stop, his family claims in a federal complaint.

FRESNO, Calif. — Bakersfield police officer Warren Martin, son of co-defendant police chief Lyle Martin, shot Augustus Joshua Crawford in the back, killing him, as he ran away from a traffic stop, his family claims in a federal complaint.

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