Man Shot Dead In Antioch Home; Roommate Is Person Of Interest: PD

ANTIOCH, CA — One man was shot dead and another man was being interviewed as a person of interest in the fatal shooting Monday morning in an Antioch home, police said. Officers were called around 8:30 a.m. to a residence in the 1900 block of Iron Peak Court and found a 43-year-old man suffering from at least one fatal gunshot wound.

"It was determined there was an argument between roommates," Antioch police Lt. John Fortner said. "During the argument one of the roommates shot the other roommate."

The 43-year-old man was declared deceased at the scene of the shooting on a cul-de-sac of single-family homes off Lone Tree Way. His name was not immediately released by police.

Antioch Police Department’s crime scene investigators and detectives with the Violent Crimes Unit responded to the scene and took over the investigation.

Detectives were interviewing the man's roommate, also 43 years old, as a person of interest in the fatal shooting.

The person of interest's name was not released by police.

"Currently, the investigation is still active, and evidence is being collected," Fortner said.

It was the second fatal shooting Monday morning in Antioch. The first was reported at 1:33 a.m. at the Twin Creeks apartment complex at 1111 James Donlon Blvd. and left a 36-year-old dead and a 23-year-old man injured.

No arrest has been made in the earlier case, according to police.

Anyone with information in either incident is asked to call the Antioch Police Department non-emergency line at 925-778-2441 or Detective Smith at 925-779-6876. Information can also be sent as a text message to 274637 and include the keyword ANTIOCH in the message.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.