Crime & Safety

Concord Man Arrested on Attempted Murder Charges

BREAKING: Blake Wayne Hansen and others allegedly shot and pushed another Concord man from a moving car during a drug deal gone bad.

CONCORD, CA -- A Concord man has been arrested on charges that he and others shot and threw another Concord man from a moving car during a drug deal gone bad.

At around 7:40 p.m. on Jan. 3, officers found the victim, a 28-year-old Concord man, suffering from a gunshot wound near Highland Street and Valley View Way in Livermore, police said.

Detectives determined the victim had arrived at a parking lot on North Livermore Avenue to participate in a drug transaction with a 23-year-year-old transient named Robert Delarosa and two other men, identified as Blake Wayne Hansen, 25, of Concord, and Alexander James Diaz, 23, of Salida in Stanislaus County, according to police.

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When the victim got into a vehicle with the trio, they all left the parking lot together. Soon after, however the victim was shot once he was inside the vehicle.

The victim was then pushed out of the car, near Highland Street and Valley View Way and Hansen, Diaz, and Delarosa then fled the area, police said.

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Officers located Hansen in Concord a few hours later and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery.

Officers located Diaz, a construction worker, the following day and arrested him on suspicion of robbery.

Delarosa has also been arrested and booked on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery, according to police.

The victim remains in critical condition, according to police.

Bay City News contributed to this report/Image via Shutterstock

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