Antioch police say a shooting investigation dating to June 2023 led to the arrest of 26-year-old Eric Washington on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Officers from Antioch and Pittsburg police SWAT teams executed a warrant at a Wolf Way residence. Washington is accused of firing at least nine rounds at two people as they left a gas station.
A Confrontation That Turned Into Gunfire
The shooting occurred June 17, 2023, after two people left a gas station in the 4100 block of Lone Tree Way, according to contracosta.news. The outlet reported that occupants of another vehicle confronted them and that the groups exchanged words over one victim's suspected gang affiliation. The Mercury News also identifies the 4100 block; Antioch Herald places the incident near Lone Tree Way and Country Hills Drive.
In its account of the case, Contra Costa News reported that the suspect pulled a semi-automatic handgun and fired at least nine times at the victims' car. The shots shattered the rear window, and the car struck the center median.
Detective Work Leads to a Name
The report says Antioch Police Detective Miller identified Washington as the suspected shooter during the investigation. The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed felony charges, including attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and discharging a firearm at an occupied vehicle. A felony arrest warrant was issued, with bail set at $950,000.
SWAT Teams Converge on Wolf Way
On Wednesday morning, October 7, 2026, Antioch and Pittsburg police SWAT teams executed the warrant at a residence in the 4500 block of Wolf Way. Washington was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility, according to the account of the operation.
What crime trends can—and can’t—show
The FBI estimated that reported aggravated-assault figures fell 7.2% nationally from 2024 to 2025, according to the FBI. That national figure does not show how aggravated assaults have changed in Antioch and is not a count of shootings, so it cannot establish a local trend or put this individual case in a city-specific statistical context.
Washington faces felony charges in connection with the 2023 shooting.
