OAKLEY — A person was hospitalized after a capturing, with a police pursuit of an related car ending in a solo collision and a suspect’s arrest Sunday, authorities stated.
In an announcement posted to social media, police stated officers responded at 4:52 p.m., to the 4300 block of Lorenzetti Drive, south of West Cypress Highway, for a report from a person who informed dispatchers he had been shot.
When officers arrived, they discovered a 44-year-old man affected by a gunshot wound to his groin on a house’s entrance porch. Whereas receiving care from different first responders, the person informed police he had been confronted by three suspects.
Shortly after, one of many three shot the sufferer, who managed to take an image of the license plate of the black Volvo earlier than the suspects fled, police stated.
Quickly after officers shared the automotive’s description and license plate with close by legislation enforcement, a Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputy noticed the Volvo driving westbound alongside Freeway 4 and commenced a pursuit. The deputy overpassed the automotive close to the freeway’s Port Chicago Freeway exit.
A number of law-enforcement businesses, together with the sheriff’s workplace, the California Freeway Patrol and Oakley, Pittsburg and Harmony police, looked for the Volvo and shortly discovered it on a close by facet road, broken with airbags deployed.
With assist from Pittsburg police Okay-9 items, officers discovered a 19-year-old Oakland man hiding in a bush and took him into custody. A search of the automotive yielded a loaded “ghost gun” with an prolonged journal, in addition to what police described as a considerable amount of marijuana, police stated.
After his arrest at 6:23 p.m. Sunday, the person was booked into Martinez county jail, the place he was held on $900,000 bond, based on a county data examine.
In an unrelated incident, officers responded at 5:07 p.m. Sunday to an space close to East Ruby and Third streets for a report of one other capturing. When officers arrived at that scene, some discovered and recovered spent shell casings, whereas others have been capable of evaluation supplied footage from a surveillance digital camera.
“Within the video we have now decided a grey SUV was chasing a Black Buick Regal and the occupants of the SUV have been capturing on the Buick,” police stated Monday, including that no different gunshot victims had checked into space hospitals. “We checked close by homes and automobiles, and we didn't discover any bullet holes in any of them.”
Anybody with data could name Oakley police at 925-625-8060.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.