MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA – Contra Costa County authorities have identified Edward Joseph Garofalo IV, a 38-year-old man from Martinez, as the homicide victim in a fatal shooting reported earlier this week near Bethel Island, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were dispatched around 8:49 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, 2026 to the 3200 block of Dutch Slough Road after a report of a shooting, the Sheriff’s Office said.
When deputies arrived, they found Garofalo suffering from a gunshot wound and began life-saving measures until fire personnel arrived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene…