On March 22, members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and Central County SWAT Team conducted an arrest warrant service in unincorporated Walnut Creek. Anthony Hamid, 22, was arrested for attempted murder related to the July 6, 2020 shooting on Homestead Ave and Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek.
Detectives are continuing follow-up investigation with potential witnesses and no booking photo will be shared by police.
On March 24, 2022, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office reviewed the case and charged Hamid with attempted murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle, and two enhancements. Hamid remains in-custody awaiting trial on $3,250,000 bail.
Glad there is an arrest, but BS to bringing in the Feds.
108RS
How so?
Doubts about him being so violent or having multiple threat members in the household that additional personnel were necessary. I think it’s just agencies trying to lay off costs on each other, a budget battle. 108RS
Yeah, when is it a federal crime to shoot someone sitting in a car? Possibly, there’s more to this than we’re hearing… but the feds get called into a lot of stuff that seems more for the local plod.
Still in jail with a large bail.
Good to see something done right.
Hope he stays in jail until his trial.
Good to hear. Glad he’ll be staying in jail. Is there something going on in the county? A struggle over turf or something?
We seem to be calling on the CHP for help on retail theft investigations and now maybe the FEEBIES for help with investigations. Is it because of manpower issues or capabilities or scope of the investigation? I’m not law enforcement but isn’t it unusual to get state and federal assistance on local cases?
This would never have happened twenty years ago. Part of the equation is the growth of larger organizations, usurping responsibilities of others and smaller law enforcement organizations attempting to stretch their budgets. CHP is also doing Search and Rescue which by law is the responsibility of each county sheriff. 108RS
Interesting. You have to wonder if the local departments are having problems with hiring.
“Detectives are continuing follow-up investigation with potential witnesses and no booking photo will be shared by police.”
Why no booking photo yet? Perhaps we don’t know the scope of this yet.
Again I’m not law enforcement but they probably don’t want to taint identifications made by potential witnesses.
Instances of poor policing (Sheriff $9.4M) and corrupt policing (Antioch and Pittsburg) in the county have been in the spotlight lately. That probably does affect morale and hiring.