Police in Antioch are investigating and have increased patrols following nearly a dozen shootings since the Labor Day holiday weekend, which have injured several people.
According to officers, the wave of violence began on Sep. 2, when 21-year-old Elijah Scales was fatally shot on the 2100 block of Peppertree Way, near Sycamore Drive. Since Scales' death, nearly a dozen shootings have taken place, which police said may be related.Most of the shootings have taken place in the neighborhood where Scales was shot. Eight of the shootings have occurred in the past five days, police said.
Police said he did not require medical attention.Police said two men were critically injured in separate shootings on Monday. Shortly before 5 p.m., officers were called to the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds after at least 30 rounds were fired from multiple firearms. A man who was found shot on the property is in critical condition.Around 7:45 p.m., at least four shots were fired on the 1800 block of Cavallo Road, where a memorial gathering for Scales was taking place.
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