Shooting At Sun Valley Mall Monday

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One person was believed to have been hit by gunfire in what was described as a drive-by shooting outside Sun Valley Mall in Pleasant Hill Monday.

Witnesses said paramedics were tending to a person hit and down between the Red Robin restaurant and Sears store at the mall. Police were reportedly looking for a white Jeep, possibly a Wrangler model with heavy window tint and black rims, seen leaving the area after the shots were fired.

Police were reportedly looking for two men, one who was said to be behind the wheel while a second suspect got out of car and opened fire. There was no immediate word on the condition of the wounded person.

Concord police said shell casings were recovered at the scene and that the case is being investigated by the Concord Police Department, Major Crimes Unit.

No other information was given.

The shooting was reported at 5:54 p.m.

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40 Comments

  1. Keith Montoya on May 24, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    Nice. Sun Valley Mall is in Concord.

    • Adam LaZare on May 24, 2021 at 6:26 pm

      Sun Valley Mall is surrounded on 3 sides by Pleasant Hill….quit being a red-ass….

      • Gaye Farley on May 24, 2021 at 7:36 pm

        Adam is my hero. I was writing the same thing but you beat me to it…

        • Keith Montoya on May 24, 2021 at 7:49 pm

          This happened in Concord. Claycord.com is reporting it correctly. If you’re going to report outside of your area — get the city correct.

          • Cassius Cahill on May 25, 2021 at 10:38 am

            Came up on the fire app as pleasant hill. Just saying don’t hate on me.



  2. Tony on May 24, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    Description of the perp????

    • NEWS24-680 on May 24, 2021 at 7:43 pm

      Coming up…

  3. James Hebert on May 24, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    Looked like he caught one in the leg.

    • NEWS24-680 on May 24, 2021 at 8:00 pm

      Hopefully it only winged him…

      • Marc Liebalt on May 24, 2021 at 8:57 pm

        Don’t think so. Fair amount of blood.

        • Dan Bertia on May 25, 2021 at 9:14 am

          Cleaners out there pretty late. think i twas as serious wound.

  4. Jess Mendosa on May 24, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    Saw the PD and fire roll in but that’s it. Little early in the day for shooting at people.

    • NEWS24-680 on May 24, 2021 at 8:01 pm

      Anytime is the wrong time to be shooting at people…

  5. Greg T on May 24, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    I bet you this is another crime done by a parolee or someone just poured out of prison. I don’t know how much longer the ‘social justice’ advocates can defend emptying the prisons at the expense of the public. It’s going to get worse folks! Especially after Governor Newsom lets out 70,000 additional prisoners.

    • AnG on May 24, 2021 at 9:42 pm

      Maybe we should just sell more guns, that should solve the problem. What do you think will kill more people, 70,000 released prisoners or 70,000 more guns sold????

      • Suge_whight on May 24, 2021 at 9:58 pm

        Because criminals by legal guns right???

        • AnG on May 24, 2021 at 10:27 pm

          How many illegal guns do you think were at one point in time a legal gun right?

        • AnG on May 24, 2021 at 10:29 pm

          Oh yeah and plenty of people aren’t criminals until the time they shoot someone or shoot people and obtained the gun legally.

          • Greg T on May 25, 2021 at 11:31 am

            I don’t believe nor want guns everywhere either. It’s criminal behavior which we need to arrest. They don’t have a gun they will use knives if they don’t have knives they’ll use a brick. We could go on and on out lawing everything but it will continue until criminals are both punished and rehabilitated. Now they’re getting neither.



          • AnG on May 26, 2021 at 12:39 am

            Sorry Greg but your logic is flaw considering you can do both. However, there plenty of reason plenty of people who use a gun wouldn’t use another weapon. One being there are plenty of things that can go wrong when you have to be so close to someone in order to use your weapon. Also I’ve never heard of an innocent person being killed in a drive by knifing and knives don’t travel through walls killing innocent people.



        • Cliff M on May 25, 2021 at 12:51 am

          Hmmm, guns don’t actually kill anyone, it’s the bullets!
          A gun without bullets is just a piece of fancy steel

    • Jay on May 24, 2021 at 11:48 pm

      Greg T certainly wasted no time in politicizing this shooting, based on no evidence at all. Good work, Greg. PS social justice is a real issue, it doesn’t belong in quotes.

  6. Esmeralda on May 24, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    I seen the jeep as I was walking out the mall between Sears and Red Robin. It was parked on the side with his jeep turned on. The driver had his hoody on and looked like he was on his phone texting. Didn’t see anyone in the passenger seat as I was walking by to my car. The jeep might’ve had out of state plates can’t really remember. As I was getting ready to open my car that’s when I heard gun shots fired and watched that jeep flea towards the main road.

    • NEWS24-680 on May 24, 2021 at 9:07 pm

      That lines up with what we’re hearing from others, Esmerelda. Do you remember what color his license plates were?

      • Esmeralda on May 24, 2021 at 9:13 pm

        I can’t remember really what color plates but I know they weren’t California plates. I clearly remember walking by with my family and the driver had his hoody on and he was on his phone. The front two windows weren’t dark because I was able to see him threw the outside. Not sure if the mall has outside cameras that were able to capture the plate number.

        • NEWS24-680 on May 24, 2021 at 9:30 pm

          You’re really observant! We were quizzing you a little as we believe the plates were out of state, we were just hoping to narrow it down. The PD may be detailing that information later on so we’ll wait and see. Thanks for writing!

  7. david on May 24, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    A Sears sighting. Anchor store!

  8. Alex Fahner on May 24, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    Crazy. He could have hit anyone out there.

  9. Kaye Allison Simms on May 24, 2021 at 10:52 pm

    The whole mall thing hasn’t been working out has it?

    • Preema on May 25, 2021 at 10:00 am

      Does anyone know what they’re going to do with Hilltop?

      • Adam Miller on May 25, 2021 at 11:47 am

        Think it’s going to be the usual mashup of commercial and residential. New developer drawing up plans.

  10. Robert Hale on May 25, 2021 at 8:00 am

    Boy, this story sure brought out the thread hijackers!

    • NEWS24-680 on May 25, 2021 at 8:01 am

      It sure did! That’s why we’re putting on our moderator’s hat.

  11. Pat Price-Martens on May 25, 2021 at 8:03 am

    I’m assuming this may not have been a random occurrence?

  12. Barbara Callaway on May 25, 2021 at 8:47 am

    CPD report was pretty terse.

  13. A Santos on May 25, 2021 at 8:49 am

    Video?

    • Dan Bertia on May 25, 2021 at 9:20 am

      Yea tons of cameras out there.

  14. Stanley Sizeler on May 25, 2021 at 9:49 am

    Event not reported in Tuesday “East Bay Times.”

  15. Andrew Villafuerte on May 25, 2021 at 1:08 pm

    Hopefully they already know who the shooter is.

  16. Mae Kennedy on May 26, 2021 at 1:01 am

    In Macy’s with my mom around that time. Didn’t hear a thing. Insane.

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