Antioch: Altercation Over Blocked Driveway Turns into Shooting

At 9:59 am Wednesday, the Antioch Police Department responded to the 600 Block of W. 10th for a report of several gunshots fired.

Police immediately shut down the area around W. 10th and G Street as they investigated the shooting where they located several shell casings.

According to Antioch Police Sergeant Tom Fuhrmann, the shooting occurred over a verbal altercation that turned into a physical altercation.

“A vehicle with several occupants pulled up in front of a residence and in the process they were blocking a driveway. The man who lives there came out and got in an argument with the subjects in the vehicle,” explained Fuhrmann. “He went back inside with a handgun. The occupants in the vehicle then got into a physical argument with the subject over the firearm. At some point during the physical, the firearm went off and struck the resident in the foot.”

Fuhrmann said at that point, the occupants of the vehicle piled back into vehicle and fled the scene. The subject shot in the foot then fired several rounds at the vehicle.

Police later located the vehicle with the subjects and they were detained and interviewed.

“The vehicle was struck, but no one was injured,” said Fuhrmann.

A short time after the shooting, the resident of the home showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot. He is not in custody and is being treated for his injury.

Fuhrmann stated that police are still investigating and will be presenting the case to the Contra Costa County District Attorney.

Update 6:00 pm – Antioch Police Press Release

Antioch Police responded to the reports of gunshots in the area of West 10th Street and G Street. While en route, Antioch Code Enforcement Officers and witnesses in the area provided detailed descriptions of the involved parties. This information led to the location of a vehicle leaving the area.

Initially, this vehicle was stopped and all subjects were detained. It was later learned that these were in fact victims fleeing the area after being shot at following a physical altercation on West 10th Street over a parking dispute.

Eventually, another party of the incident arrived at an area hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. This subject was identified as Antioch resident Anwar Hughes 33 and taken into custody. Anwar was with his girlfriend, Stephanie Lopez 25, who was also later taken into custody for her involvement in this incident. A firearm was later recovered and found to be the involved weapon.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Antioch Police at (925) 778-2441. You may also text a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using key word ANTIOCH. Any further inquiries into the status of this case should be done via the Media Access Line.