On October 4, 2022, at approximately 10:51 am, Antioch Police Department Dispatch was notified of a robbery in which the victim was stabbed in the chest. Witnesses reported that the suspect fled the area after the robbery, leaving the victim on the ground.
Officers arrived and located a 58-year-old male adult suffering from a knife wound to the chest. Officers immediately began life-saving measures and rendered aid to the victim. The victim was transported to a local trauma center.
Witnesses pointed the other responding officers toward the suspect across the street, who was later identified as 29-year-old Hakeem Thomas. Officers pursued Thomas as he fled the area through the hills between Fairview Avenue and Buchanan Road, at which point he stopped running.
Officers tried to de-escalate the situation by talking and pleading with Thomas to give up the knife and surrender. Despite their efforts, Thomas refused to drop the knife and demanded that officers shoot him.
Officers continued talking to Thomas, to no avail, while he refused their orders in further efforts to de-escalate the situation and not harm Thomas. Officers used a less lethal projectile as a distraction device, and Thomas finally dropped the knife and surrendered without being injured.
Due to the ongoing and active nature of the investigation, no further information will be released at this time. Updates may be available on the Antioch Police Department’s social media pages.
- FILE: 20-007134
- INCIDENT: Robbery and Attempted Murder
- DATE OF INCIDENT: October 4, 2022
- TIME OF INCIDENT: 10:51 am
- LOCATION: Smart and Final (2638 Sommersville Road)
- VICTIM(S): Male (58)
- SUSPECT(S): Hakeem Thomas (29)
Anyone with information is asked to call the Antioch Police Department non-emergency line at (925)778-2441. You may also text-a-tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using the key word ANTIOCH.
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