By Patric Hedlund

Two families are in mourning after a double tragedy has taken the life a 24 year old man. The man who allegedly shot him in the head with a shotgun, Steve Gilmore, 58 of Lebec, is in the Kern County Sheriff’s Lerdo facility, charged with first degree murder. Bail was set at $1 million at a hearing on Monday, Dec. 21.

The family and friends of Benito “Benny” (or Beni) Carrillo were…

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Above: Benito Carrillo at an awards ceremony at Frazier Mountain High School. He graduated in 2009. He was shot and killed Thursday night in Lebec. Right: Benito’s mother, Maria Luisa Carrillo (right, center) with friends at a prayer meeting in her home in November 2014. She and her other children were in shock Friday. Her husband died of a heart attack at work in July of this year.

Steve Gilmore of Lebec was charged with first degree murder at the arraignment hearing Monday, Dec. 21. [Image from report by Adam Herbets, KBAK Eyewitness News: http://bakersfieldnow.com/news]

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This is part of the December 25, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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