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BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE Greg Williamson, Chief of Police ________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Sergeant Mary DeGeare Public
Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us For Immediate Release May 4, 2010 On 5/4/10, Bakersfield Police arrested Andre Jose Page 34, for the July 4, 2008 murder of
Deandrey Thompson in the 200 block of Northrup Street. Investigators have been working on the case since 2008 and in April, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against
Page for murder and weapons charges and a warrant was issued. Page has been in custody at Corcoran State Prison for charges unrelated to the murder. Bakersfield Police investigators
took custody of Page at the prison and he was booked into the Kern County Jail. Original Release On 7-4-08 at 10:14 p.m., Bakersfield Police responded to the 200 block of Northrup Street
in response to a victim of a shooting. Officers arrived on scene and discovered a male suffering a gunshot to his abdomen. The victim, identified as, Deandrey Thompson (26), of Bakersfield
was taken to Kern Medical Center where he underwent surgery for his injury. Thompson died the following morning. Motive for the shooting could not be determined. Anyone with information
should call the Bakersfield Police Department at 327-7111.