Police say 18-year-old Michael Freeman, a Tulare native, was taken into custody in Bakersfield on Tuesday.
The shooting happened Sunday on Fern Drive near Mark Twain Elementary School.
Police found the 17-year-old boy suffering from a single gunshot wound.
He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Freeman was arrested and booked into the Kings County Jail. His bail is set at $5 million.
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