On September 20th at approximately 12:27 P.M., Antioch police officers responded to the area of Cavallo Road and Sunset Drive for a report of shots fired.
As officers were responding, additional callers reported that at least one person had been shot.
When officers arrived, they found an 18-year-old man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Officers immediately provided first aid to the victim until paramedics arrived. The victim was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries where he remains in critical condition.
This investigation is in its preliminary stages, and evidence and witness statements are being collected. This is an active investigation, and no further information will be released.
- FILE: 24-008467
- INCIDENT: Assault With a Firearm-Shooting
- DATE OF INCIDENT: September 20, 2024
- TIME OF INCIDENT: 12:27 pm
- LOCATION: Cavallo Road @ Sunset Drive
- VICTIM(S): 18-Year-Old Male
- SUSPECT: Unknow
This information was made available by the Field Services Bureau. Any further inquiries into the status of this case should be done via the Media Access Telephone Line 925-779-6874. Any further information or additional press releases will be provided by the Investigations Bureau.
Previous
- Sept. 19 – Police Say Man Shot Thursday Night in Brentwood
- Sept. 17 – Antioch Police Issue Statement on 12 Recent Shootings: On September 2nd, 21-year-old Elijah Scales was shot and killed in the 2100 block of Peppertree Way. Since the homicide, Antioch PD has responded to nearly a dozen shootings that may be related. Eight of the shootings have occurred in the past five days. Details for each shooting are noted below.
- Tuesday, 9/3, 7:26 pm (2100 block of Peppertree Way) – Report 24-7865. Multiple firearms were used to fire at least 32 bullets. A 31-year-old man was shot in the leg.
- Wednesday, 9/4, 8:59 pm (2100 block of Peppertree Way) – Report 24-7898. 11 bullets were fired from multiple guns. The gunfire struck a nearby building.
- Saturday, 9/7, 9:31 pm (Sycamore Drive at Peppertree Way) – Report 24-7991. 29 bullets fired from multiple firearms. A 52-year-old woman was shot in the leg while in the parking lot of Sycamore Square.
- Thursday, 9/12, 8:21 pm (2100 block of Lemontree Way) – Reports 24-8193 and 24-8194. At least 26 bullets were fired. The gunfire struck two nearby homes. One resident was grazed by a stray bullet and suffered a minor injury to his neck that didn’t require medical attention.
- Thursday 9/12, 8:31 pm, (1000 block of Fitzuren Road) – Report 24-8195. At least three bullets were fired. The gunfire struck a nearby business.
- Thursday 9/12, 8:32 pm, (2900 block of Pear Street) – Report 24-8197. At least three bullets were fired
- Sunday 9/15, 9:10 pm, (Sycamore Drive at Peppertree Way) – Report 24-8309. At least 13 bullets were fired. A nearby home and unoccupied vehicle were struck by gunfire.
- Monday 9/16, 2:40 am (600 block of G Street) – Report 24-8316. Multiple firearms fired at least 12 bullets
- Monday 9/16, 4:54 pm (Contra Costa County Fairgrounds) – Report 24-8353. Multiple firearms fired at least 30 bullets. A man was shot on the Fairground property. The man is currently in critical condition. The fairgrounds fall under Contra Costa County jurisdiction, so the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this matter.
- Monday 9/16, 7:46 pm, (L Street at William Reed) – Report 24-8356. Multiple firearms fired 50 or more bullets. Two nearby businesses were struck
- Monday 9/16, 7:48 pm, (1800 block of Cavallo Road) – Report 24-8357. At least four bullets were fired. A 58-year-old man was shot while attending a memorial gathering at this location for Elijah Scales. The man is currently in critical condition at a local hospital.
8 comments
Mayor Thorpe says this senseless violence is because there’s no jobs…? Actually the main predictor of this violence is fatherlessness. It’s a cultural thing. Plenty of kids are born into poverty, but if they have a father around they’re less likely to do these things. No guidance, discipline, or wealth from their fathers. Bums raising bums. Most of the women you see making excuses at city council meetings are single mothers themselves. Single mothers raising young men without father figures. Men without mental and emotional health will lash out with anger first, rather than communication or creative expression. 2pac said the same thing. It’s sad how this message is lost today because of political correctness.
Thoughtfully put. In fact, Malcolm X said much the same thing but the trend has not only persisted but accelerated.
What broad and simplistic statements you make here. I know many young men that grew up without a “father figure” in their lives, and they are very WELL adjusted — have families, have good jobs, etc.
In fact, you would be surprised at how many police officers were raised by single mothers, with a father nowhere to be found.
So for one to paint a broad picture that ALL fatherless kids will turn out to be criminals is wrong. I have had contact (as a cop) with many families with a father and mother, and some of them are living in “Dysfunction Junction”.
No one said “all” as you claim. But lack of proper parenting is indisputably a significant factor in youth misbehavior and the absence of fathers is a major part of that.
Funny how you are quick to blame this recent cycle of violence as being a “cultural thing”. Which culture are you referring to?
And it is rich that one thinks that not having a father around is the cause of this violence in our society, and that single mothers are incapable of raising their children.
Let me break a secret to you my friend, there are many police officers that were raised by single moms, with no father in the picture, some of those officers have gone on to become Chiefs of Police, and the majority of those officers had long successful careers otherwise (not everyone can be Chief). Your opinion is a simplistic response to a complex problem.
In my time as a police officer, I have had the unfortunate (part of the job) to respond to bad incidents where a father and mother were present, but the situation was basically “dysfunction junction”.
So put your “racist dog whistle” back in your little pocket, and do some research, perhaps you find out it is NOT a “cultural thing”, and you will find out that many single moms are fully capable of raising good kids.
Boomba- it’s completely obvious that single mothers are capable of raising upstanding young men, but every single mother will tell you having a father figure in the home makes it so much easier. Having a man raise a boy to be a man is something that every culture since the dawn of mankind knows the benefit of. No one mentioned race except you. I’ve known 5 young dudes who’ve been killed from Antioch, not one from a racist or a police officer, but from someone who looks like them or someone they’d kick it with. That racist “dog whistle” rhetoric is lame, let’s keep a buck, if you’re really from the culture you know exactly what I’m talking about.
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/statistical-briefing-book/population/faqs/qa01202
Mohammad X,
Fair enough. You do bring some good points to this discussion. I’m not gonna sit here and “double down” on my comments.
We have better things to do.
Have a good one !
Truth hurts