Posts Tagged ‘shooting’
Walnut Creek Police Investigate Shooting Incident, Seal Off Candelero Drive At Treat Blvd.
Walnut Creek police appear to be investigating a shooting incident reported in the area of Candelero and Treat sometime this morning. The intersection was sealed off for some time but residents report those restrictions are easing as police wind down their investigation. A canine search team was also reportedly called in to search for either…
Read MoreOfficer-Involved Shooting In Unincorporated Martinez Wednesday Night
A man sought by police in Vallejo after he allegedly used his car to crash into police vehicles was shot and wounded by police during execution of an arrest warrant at a home in unincorporated Contra Costa County. Investigators in Vallejo had been looking for a man identified as Kevin DeCarlo, 20, of that city since…
Read MoreWoman Murdered At Larkey Park In Walnut Creek Thursday; Gunman Drives Away
UPDATE 8:55 p.m: Negotiators from the regional police special weapons team are talking by phone with a man detectives believe was responsible for this afternoon’s killing in Larkey Park. The man, who is known to police, is currently believed to be sitting in a car at Howe and Old Orchard roads in Martinez, alternately holding a gun to…
Read MoreMembers Of Richmond Street Gang Charged With Attempted Murder Of Orinda Woman
Members of a Richmond street gang known as the “Swerve Team” have been charged with the attempted murder of Orinda school board member Carol Brown – accosted with her husband by gang members in a random robbery outside their Orinda home last September. Brown and her husband were unloading groceries outside their residence when they were…
Read MoreShooting/Stabbing On Shell Avenue In Martinez Tuesday – Two Wounded
County sheriff’s deputies and Martinez police are on the scene of a shooting with at least two people hit on Shell Ave. near Orchard Lane. The Office of the Sheriff reported that a sheriff’s CASE (Contra Costa County Anti-Violence Support Effort) team was attempting to serve a search warrant at a residence on the 1300 block…
Read MoreLafayette Man Suspected In Walnut Creek Murder-Suicide
In the second such case of its kind to stun the 24-680 Corridor in recent weeks, a man is suspected of murdering a woman – in this case a former girlfriend – before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to an address in the North Homestead neighborhood in Walnut Creek at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday in answer…
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