On Wednesday, the Antioch Police Department announced the arrest of two people in conneciton with a January 23 homicide in the City of Antioch.
According to police, through the investigation, detectives learned that Lonnie Decker and Steven Kelly were responsible for the senseless killing of Roberto Gonzalez Lamas, 41-years-old, and the attempted murder of a 59-year-old male on Bryan Avenue.
On 02/07/2024, the US Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force located and apprehended Lonnie Decker in the City of Pioneer, CA. On 02/12/2024, Steven Kelly was located and apprehended by Antioch Police patrol officers in the City of Pittsburg. Both Decker and Kelly were booked into the Martinez Detection Facility on the charges of Murder and Attempted Murder along with additional parole violations.
FILE: 24-00642
- INCIDENT: Homicide
- DATE OF INCIDENT: January 23, 2024
- TIME OF INCIDENT: 10:53 pm
- LOCATION: Unit block of Bryan Avenue
VICTIM’S:
- Roberto Gonzalez Lamas (Deceased), 41-year-old male from Antioch
- 59-year-old male from Antioch (non-life-threatening injuries)
SUSPECT’S ARRESTED:
- Lonnie Decker, 53- year-old male from Antioch
- Steven Kelly, 61-year-old male from Antioch
The Antioch Police Department would like to thank US Marshals, Amador County Sheriff’s Office, and the community at large for providing the Antioch Police Department with helpful information that quickly and safely led to the arrests of Decker and Kelly. This case has been presented to the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office and has charged both Decker and Kelly with homicide.
Original Story:
Jan 24 – One Dead, Another Wounded in Shootout in Antioch
A Tuesday night shooting in Antioch as left 1 person dead and another in critical condition according to Antioch Police.
On January 23, 2024, at approximately 10:53 pm the Antioch Dispatch center began receiving multiple calls of shots fired with a subject injured in the unit block of Bryan Avenue. Officers arrived and located two victims, a 41-year-old male and a 59-year-old male, both from Antioch each with multiple gunshot wounds.
Officers rendered first aid to both victims. Contra Costa Fire Department and Paramedics arrived a short time later and transported both victims to local hospitals.
The 41-year-old male victim succumbed to his injuries at the hospital and was pronounced deceased. The second victim has life threatening injuries. Antioch Police Detectives were notified and have taken over the investigation.
Antioch Police said they are withholding the names of the victims until proper family notifications have been made. No further information will be provided at this time.
This is now the second Antioch homicide of 2024 for the City of Antioch. This is also the fourth known shooting in the City of Antioch since January 15. On Friday, a male was shot at on Mark Twain Drive while on Thursday, a male was shot in the shoulder on Devpar at Sunset. No other updates have been provided on any of those shootings.
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I today am embarrassed to say that I am from here all of my life. In these past few years I have watched this place turn from a town to a city .
Thanks goes out to Mary Rocha for ruining our beautiful home town. If city council would not have wasted away our finances Mary Rocha would not had to go to Richmond asking for financial help and receiving money with the agreement she had to let their overflow of section 8. Since then our percentage of crime has tripled and numbers of homicides has skyrocketed in what used to be a safe place to raise our families. Our Police force can only do so mutch when they don’t have the citizens help. Let’s get our safe zone back. How you ask. 1st. Clean out city councilor the corrupt members, let Antioch Citizens speak out including the homeless,, why them , because they live out there 24/7. They see what goes on.Stop blameing them for the garbage all over Antioch. That i know for a fact is residents that don’t want to pay for garbage.The massive rise of drug sales and gun violence can only go down when the co.munity starts standing up for their community and stop looking the other way out of fear.We have a entire new Antioch Police Force help them out and help bring back Antioch good name Its up to us to take our streets back .It starts at city council meetings get involved with your city. Antioch has amazingly solved 3 for3 homicides. Thumbs up to our new PoliceForce…
Keep Lonnie Decker locked up where he belongs far away from society. My condolences to the victims and their families.
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