ANTIOCH, Calif. ( KRON ) — A violent weekend in Antioch results in several shootings happening since Friday. The latest happened Sunday morning in a strip mall parking lot, leaving multiple people injured.
KRON4 spent the day speaking to residents and business owners who say they do not feel safe in their community.
The latest shooting in Antioch happened in the Rite Aid parking lot on E 18th Street right as businesses in this strip mall were opening up. A longtime business owner tells KRON4 if this gun violence continues, he’ll have to take his business elsewhere.
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“I was working with one of my employees and we heard a gunshot, I didn’t think it was a gunshot, but then it was like boom, boom like six shots,” said Tony’s Bar and Grill owner Tony Loinab.
Loinab was getting ready to open his Antioch bar for NFL Sunday when he heard gunshots coming from the parking lot. They were heard around 9:20 a.m. near the Rite Aid.