More than a dozen homes were evacuated and neighborhood street was closed for several hours Tuesday during a shooting investigation.

Shots were fired around 3 p.m. into a home on the 1300 block of Clipper Hills Drive, police said. The investigation led officers to on home on nearby Sierra Summit Avenue. The neighborhood is near Hosking Avenue and South H Street on Bakersfield's southern edge. There, officers found several guns, gunpowder and a homemade cannon.

Windell Phillip Martin, 60, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a destructive device and discharging a weapon into an inhabited dwelling.

Police didn't say what motivated the shooting.

The Walter Stiern Library at California State University, Bakersfield, is kicking off a new speaker series, “Walter Presents,” with an exhibit and author visit focused on the history of civil rights in California.

“Wherever There’s a Fight” is an eight-panel exhibit on display through Feb. 10 featuring the fight for civil liberties in California spanning from the Gold Rush to the post-9/11 era. The exhibit is based on a book by the same name by authors Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, both former staffers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. The book tells the stories of individuals – many of whom may not appear in California history lessons – who stood up for their rights in fights against discrimination, segregation, and other injustices.

Co-author Elinson will give a talk and sign copies of the book at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, in the Dezember Reading Room of the Walter Stiern Library. The event is free and open to the public.