Just after 9:00 pm on Saturday, a fatal shooting reportedly occurred in Antioch on Hillcrest Avenue near Highway 4.
According to preliminary information, two vehicles were chasing each other when gunfire erupted and killed one person.
Although rumblings on social media claimed this to be an officer involved shooting, sources say preliminary reports indicate no officers were involved and simply responded to the scene.
As of 10:30 pm, Highway 4 was shut down in the eastbound direction as police were diverting traffic to local roads in Antioch.
As of 10:34 pm, CALTRANS put out an alert that EB SR-4 at Hillcrest Ave., all lanes are blocked due to police activity. Motorists are advised to expect delays.
The westbound direction remains open.
The information is deemed preliminary and will update once police release official information.
Update
By 12:50 am, a SIGALERT was cancelled and all lanes were open.
CHP Press Release HOMICIDE ON HIGHWAY 4
On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at approximately 9:03 PM, a freeway shooting occurred on eastbound Highway 4, just west of Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch.
A black male adult in a blue Toyota Solara was identified as the victim. A currently unknown suspect vehicle fled the scene.
CHP arrived on scene at the Hillcrest Avenue offramp and determined that the victim had succumbed to his apparent gunshot injuries.
This is an active and ongoing investigation. If anyone saw this incident or the events leading up to it, please contact 1-800-TELL-CHP (1-800-835-5247).
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If this city stopped letting garbage people live here I’m sure it would make a difference!! Look at Walnut Creek.
No section 8 and do they have these shootings? No. Sorry but proof is in the pudding!!!
AND NO IM NOT SAYING EVERYONE ON SECTION 8 IS GARBAGE!!!
This someone I knew my whole life who lived in Antioch his whole life! Get your facts straight before you speak on something you don’t know! RIP Braun!!
Great point Fallon Walnut Creek , discovery bay, Black Hawk, Orinda, Moraga all with out drive by’s!
all pretty much without something else too——
For some one with brains and a bit of energy there is plenty to do in this world. They just don’t want to do anything else. I see it in my neighborhood all the time. Let’s just grab a gun or hey let’s go fight someone for the fun of it. Give me a break! Stop making excuses for these kids and their lazy parents. They would rather smoke or fire a gun than do anything.
It doesn’t matter about where you live. Be it Walnut Creek…Black Diamond…Moraga etc. And it has nothing to do with section 8. I live in Antioch. Grew up and lived in the Temescal district of Oakland close to the California Hotel on the hill in Berkeley. Grew up could walk the streets at night with no issues. Man dang near leave your door unlocked all night. But one day things changed. People started coming into and moving in the area ( and I am not talkibg about ANY section 8 recipients) and police seem to be around everyday. We are talking about an area where the cheapest home was $750,000. People move into and go around areas that are virgin territory for them and bring the criminal mentality and acts with them. You can blame Section all you want. I remember when Beverly Hills was an exclusive area to live. They have more problems than the law can handle. And there would never be any section 8 recipients living there. Times are changing and will get worse. Keep living. Walnut Creek….Layfette…Moraga….Orinda will have their turn. Also remember when Concord…..was an exclusuve area. Like the song Donny Hathaway sang “Everything must change Nothing stays the same”. Until people’s mentalities chang for the better..you will have this mess. Take this from a ex-Law Enforcement Officer………
This shooting has nothing to do with people on section 8, my opinion. This is a repetitive, heartless crime that Antioch residences have been battling for years. I believe this crime has a lot to do with people on drugs & alcohol!
This shooting has nothing to do with people on section 8, my opinion. This is a repetitive, heartless crime that Antioch residences have been battling for years. I believe this crime has a lot to do with people on drugs & alcohol!
It’s just typical hoodrat thuggery
Translation please?
@Crystal
Translation: Ghetto section 8 people ruining the city. LMAO
I don’t think it’s about Sec 8, usually comes back to a drug deal gone bad… not only street drugs.. pharmaceuticals as well. Also guns placed in the wrong hands is a major issue. Innocent people losing lives. Over a junkie wanting the next high or over a drug dealer gone broke maybe! SO so Sad no matter what. R.I.P.
@Jlove
You’re absolutely right. Section 8 bring up property values and makes neighborhoods better. That’s why Antioch homes are the most sought after homes over Orinda, Moraga,and San Ramon.
Orinda, Moraga ,and San Ramon are the ghetto compared to safe and affluent Antioch neighborhoods because there’s no way section 8 brings the crimes and problems you mentioned.
That’s why Beverly Hills and Malibu are super safe and expensive, Just be the section 8 that made these cities so nice.
Keep smoking your crack pipe, Crystal and Jlove.
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