One Brother Dead, One Injured In Pacheco Shooting

The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday shooting death and apparent attempted suicide in Pacheco. Deputies responded at 12:59 p.m. to a call of a disturbance at a residence on Dalton Court in Pacheco.

As deputies were responding to the scene, there was a report of shots fired and a person shot, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies arrived at the residence to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was transported to the hospital for treatment.

Deputies also discovered a second man who had been shot several times. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The shooting was not random, and the two men involved in the incident are brothers, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office has not identified the men involved.

There are no wanted suspects involved in the shootings, and detectives are continuing to conduct interviews and investigate the case. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office at (925) 313-2600.

• This is at least the fourth murder-suicide case in the region in roughly the past the past four weeks:
• Lafayette Man Built Guns Used In Murder-Suicide, Police Say
• Two Dead, One Injured In Suspected Murder-Suicide In Vallejo
• North Bay Murder-Suicide Involved Mother-Daughter

--Bay City News