The areas along and near Sycamore Drive have been plagued with nearly a dozen shootings sprees this month.
Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe has asked state and local agencies to help control violence that has broken out along the Sycamore corridor in recent weeks. Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe is calling on county and state services to help the city address an “unprecedented level of gun violence ” after several shootings took place this month near a local corridor.Sycamore Drive is a mile-long corridor located north of Hwy. 4 in Antioch.
He also called on regional law enforcement officers to help Antioch patrol the Sycamore corridor and Cavallo Road and sought support from Gov. Gavin Newsom to send California Highway Patrol officers. Hernandez-Thorpe said if violence does not subside, he will continue to push for “tougher actions and measures” including restricting access to the Sycamore corridor and Cavallo Road, enacting a curfew and calling on the governor to send the National Guard.
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