Family seeks answers over shooting death of college grad by Antioch police

The Brief

  • Family mourning loss of David Bahrami, 26, who was shot dead by Antioch police.
  • Police say Bahrami ran toward them while armed with knife.
  • Police and Contra Costa County DA’s office are investigating.

ANTIOCH, Calif. Halima Bahrami and her family are devastated over the shooting death by Antioch police of her son just two weeks after he graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering.

“My heart is broken. Not only me, we are,” she said. “I don’t feel good. I feel so, so sad, because they killed my son without any reason.”

Police summoned after reported threat

What we know:

On June 30, someone called police, saying Bahrami had threatened to kill everyone in his home on Osprey Drive. The family tells KTVU none of them called 911.

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