EL CERRITO — A homeless man’s dying outdoors town’s public library Monday afternoon was beneath investigation as a murder, authorities stated.
In a assertion, police stated officers responded at 2:22 p.m. to the library, 6510 Stockton Avenue, for a report of an individual who was not respiration.
Paramedics met officers on the library, the place they discovered a person’s physique on the exterior entrance patio. The person, who police stated was experiencing homelessness and had suffered traumatic damage, was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
In a separate assertion Tuesday, police recognized him as Daniel Vigil III, 47.
The dying was town’s first murder of the 12 months, and there have been no homicides in 2021, a police spokesman stated.
The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Workplace coroner’s division will conduct an post-mortem to assist investigators’ efforts.
On Tuesday, police stated they have been asking for the general public to succeed in out if anybody had seen Vigil close to the library or close by Centennial Park, which he was stated to frequent, usually sporting an Oakland Raiders baseball cap and pushing a child stroller.
Anybody with data could name El Cerrito police Det. Sgt. Scott Cliatt at 510-215-4418 or e-mail scliatt@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us, or Det. Humberto Rivera at 510-215-4422 or hrivera@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us. Residents or companies with surveillance cameras could add footage by visiting this handle: https://elcerritopdca.proof.com/axon/citizen/public/2022-200.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.