A shooting was reported on Manzanita Way in Antioch at 8:20 p.m. Friday.
The Antioch Police Department said the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation.
Police Appeal for Witnesses as Case Remains Open
Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call (925) 779-6926.
Manzanita Way Has Seen Gun Violence Before
Friday's shooting is not the first time gunfire has struck this stretch of Antioch. On May 6, 2014, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 2200 block of Manzanita Way and found a 15-year-old victim with a single gunshot wound to the leg, according to the Antioch Herald. That teenager was taken to a local-area hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, and the case was designated an assault with a deadly weapon; police said at the time there was no suspect information and the case remained under investigation, asking anyone with tips to call (925) 778-2441 or text 274637 using the keyword ANTIOCH.
A separate, fatal shooting was also reported in front of a home in the 2100 block of Manzanita Way on May 28, according to East County Today, which reported that the victim in that case ultimately died from his injuries. The outlet's article text does not specify the year of that shooting, though a separate search snippet from the same outlet points to 2016 — a detail the available evidence does not confirm. The available evidence does not establish any broader pattern or trend of violence tied to the block.
