On January 03, 2024, at approximately 8:37 PM, Antioch Police Department officers responded to Sycamore Square located at 1068 Sycamore Drive for a reported shooting that occurred in the parking lot.
When officers arrived, they located evidence of shooting.
While officers were on scene, a 32-year-old male victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound arrived at an area hospital. The male victim was treated for his injuries where he was admitted and is in critical but stable condition.
Antioch Police Department’s Investigations Bureau, consisting of Crime Scene Investigators and detectives with the Violent Crimes Unit took over the investigation. This is an active investigation, and no further information will be released.
Additional inquiries or information can be directed to Antioch Police Detective Duffy at (925)779-6884 or by emailing [email protected]. Anonymous tips or information about this – or any other incident – can be sent via text to 274637 (CRIMES) with the keyword ANTIOCH.
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Video: Antioch Mayor Announces Hiring Program, Probation’s Partnership and Puts Property Owners on Notice
Back in July 2021, Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe held a press conference announcing initiatives that he hopes will make the community safer while holding property owners and business responsible for contributing to crime while also promised County Probation would be working from Sycamore Square.
Thorpe also threatened the use of eminent domain on businesses:
“Today, I am officially putting private property and business owners, where illicit activities is common place on notice. If you are uncooperative, not proactive in abating illegal drug activity or storefront owners are serving as a safe haven for drug dealers to bypass the loitering and trespassing laws, the city will declare you a public nuisance under the California Public Safety Code under Section 11570-11587,” said Thorpe. “If that happens, we will then use the full force of the city attorney’s office to then condemn your property and eminent domain it. Then this property will look like the property across the street, an empty lot. I am promising you that. We are not playing around with these games anymore. Its over and done. We have to keep these streets safe and the quality of life above anything else.”
Here is the press conference:
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thorpe never met a TV camera he didn’t love.
Antioch had more murders than Richmond in 2023.
https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4010/Crime-Statistics-Reports
Richmond gives totals and has crime stats all the way back to 2016.
Antioch doesn’t give totals and has to be embarrassed into even posting monthly numbers.
So much for APD transparency.
https://www.antiochca.gov/police/crime-statistics/
Thorpe waits 6 days to say there was an attempted murder, that’s keeping people safe?
Thorpe is a joke – certainly not at the level as a Mayor, possibly not even as a human being.
JUST VOTE OUT THORPE IN 2024!
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