Bay City News
Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe said the city needs law enforcement help, even suggesting the National Guard or a curfew as possible solutions to stop a recent spate of at least a dozen gang-related shootings in the Sycamore and Cavallo Road areas.
At least four people have been wounded since 21-year-old Elijah Scales was fatally shot on Sept. 2 in the 2100 block of Peppertree Way.
In the aftermath, a gang war seemingly erupted in Antioch, including at a Sept. 16 service for Scales, when a man was shot and critically wounded. Police said Monday no one was hurt Saturday in the latest gang-related shooting at 7:56 p.m. in the 1100 block of Sycamore Drive. Three nearby businesses were struck by the gunfire.
There’s been more than a dozen shootings in Antioch since Labor Day weekend, but some weren’t related to the apparent gang war, including three other shootings between Friday and Sunday. One of those killed an 18-year-old Friday night near Cavallo Road at Sunset Drive.