The Pittsburg Police Department is reporting that early Wednesday morning, shortly after 3:15 A.M., Pittsburg officers responded to the area of El Dorado Drive and Shasta Circle in regards to a report of a vehicle collision. As officers arrived to the area, they found the car had collided with a telephone pole, then continued on to collide with several parked cars.
The driver, and sole occupant of the vehicle, had been pulled from the vehicle by a bystander who began performing CPR on the man. Officers took over CPR and other life-saving efforts until medical staff could arrived.
Police said it was during this time, officers noticed the man also suffered from a single gunshot wound to the upper torso. AMR and Contra Costa Fire personnel arrived on scene and continued life-saving efforts.
The man was later pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Pittsburg Police Department Investigations Division responded to the scene along with CSI personnel, and took over the investigation. Detectives are working to locate video surveillance of the incident along with detailed information from witnesses. At this time, the man’s identify is unknown and detective are working to identify him.
This continues to be a very active investigation and updates will be provided when they are available. The Pittsburg Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance and asks anyone with additional information to please contact the Pittsburg Police Department Tip-Line at 925-252-4040.
This is the city of Pittsburg’s second homicide for 2021.
7:30 pm UPDATE Homicide Investigation
Early Wednesday morning, shortly after 3:15 A.M., Pittsburg officers responded to the area of El Dorado Drive and Shasta Circle in regards to a report of a vehicle collision. As officers arrived to the area, they found the car had collided with a telephone pole, then continued on to collide with several parked cars. The driver, and sole occupant of the vehicle, had been pulled from the vehicle by a bystander who began performing CPR on the man. Officers took over CPR and other life-saving efforts until medical staff arrived.
It was during this time, officers noticed the man also suffered from a single gunshot wound to the upper torso. AMR and Contra Costa Fire personnel arrived on scene and continued life-saving efforts. Unfortunately, the man was later pronounced deceased at the scene. The man can now be identified as Jabbar Mahmood, 19 year-old resident of Antioch.
The Pittsburg Police Department Investigations Division responded to the scene along with CSI personnel, and took over the investigation.
During the investigation, detectives were able to obtain city video surveillance and statements from witnesses of the incident. It was learned, Mahmood drove to a house in the 100 block of El Dorado Drive and briefly went inside the house. Several minutes later, Mahmood walked out of the residence and got into his car. While seated in his car, an unknown suspect walked up to the car and shot Mahmood one time, hitting him in the upper torso.
Mahmood immediately drove east on El Dorado Drive away from the location where his car collided with a pole and several parked cars. The unknown suspect fled the scene in a dark colored sedan style car.
The relationship of Mahmood and the suspect is unknown.
Detectives are continuing to follow up with additional leads in an attempt to identify the responsible(s) for this incident. This continues to be a very active investigation and updates will be provided when they are available. The Pittsburg Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance and asks anyone with additional information to please contact the Pittsburg Police Department Tip-Line at 925-252-4040.
This is the city of Pittsburg’s second homicide for 2021.
