Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe is looking on county and state providers to assist town handle an “unprecedented stage of gun violence ” after a number of shootings passed off this month close to a neighborhood hall.
Sycamore Drive is a mile-long hall situated north of Hwy. 4 in Antioch. The areas close to the drive, together with Mahogany Approach, Peppertree Approach and L Road, have been plagued with almost a dozen capturing sprees, which started with the killing of 21-year-old Elijah Scales on Sept. 3 close to Sycamore.
An 18-year-old is in important situation after being shot on Sept. 20 within the space of Cavallo Street and Sundown Drive, which is 2 miles east of Sycamore. Antioch police imagine the shootings are associated, as eight occurred in a five-day span in the identical space.
Officers have elevated patrols within the space, however Hernandez-Thorpe stated that isn’t sufficient to discourage the violence. In a Saturday video posted on the mayor’s Instagram web page, Hernandez-Thorpe known as the shootings “retaliatory in nature” and stated the occasions are being investigated by the police as gang rivalries.
He has requested the Contra Costa County District Legal professional’s Workplace to help the Antioch Police Division by establishing a Protected Streets Job Power, which is a partnership between federal, state and native regulation enforcement to handle road gang and particular violent crime issues. “These gangs don’t have any regard for human life, they don’t have any regard for regulation enforcement, they don’t have any regard for you or me,” Hernandez-Thorpe stated within the video.
He additionally known as on regional regulation enforcement officers to assist Antioch patrol the Sycamore hall and Cavallo Street and sought help from Gov. Gavin Newsom to ship California Freeway Patrol officers.
“No residents ought to dwell in worry, completely nobody, particularly within the metropolis of Antioch,” Hernandez-Thorpe stated within the video.
Hernandez-Thorpe stated if violence doesn’t subside, he’ll proceed to push for “more durable actions and measures” together with proscribing entry to the Sycamore hall and Cavallo Street, enacting a curfew and calling on the governor to ship the Nationwide Guard.
Within the meantime, Antioch police are patrolling the hall, in response to a Sept. 17 press launch from the division.
“This spate of violence won’t be tolerated,” stated Interim Chief of Police Brian Addington. “We’ve rearranged staffing and assigned two officers to patrol the Sycamore hall for not less than the subsequent seven days. This effort goals to cut back gun violence and supply a way of security to the group and native companies.”
Anybody with details about the shootings is requested to contact Investigations Sgt. Invoice Whitaker both by e-mail at wwhitaker@antiochca.gov, or by calling 925-779-6876.
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