BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A woman who was found loading a gun in a vehicle that had been "shot up like Swiss cheese" has been found not guilty of a misdemeanor gun charge, according to a release from the Kern County Public Defender's Office.

A jury last week acquitted Tiffany Estrada of carrying a loaded gun -- a charge for which she faced up to a year in jail if convicted, according to the release.

Around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 1, police responded to a ShotSpotter activation that registered 13 rounds fired in the 300 block of 4th Street. They found Estrada in the bullet-damaged vehicle, loading a gun.

It was alleged she was planning to unlawfully use the gun, according to the release, but her public defender argued at trial she only loaded the weapon in case she needed to protect hersel

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