Crime & Safety

Man Shot To Death In Contra Costa County

Deputies were sent at about 10:30 p.m. to the parking lot of a business in the 5200 block of Sobrante Avenue.

EL SOBRANTE, CA -- A man was shot to death late Saturday night in the unincorporated Contra Costa County community of El Sobrante, sheriff's officials said today. Deputies were sent at about 10:30 p.m. to the parking lot of a business in the 5200 block of Sobrante Avenue after someone reported gunshots.

Deputies arrived to find a 28-year-old man suffering from bullet wounds. Deputies performed CPR on the man but a short time later paramedics pronounced him dead.

Sheriff's officials did not provide the man's name.

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Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the sheriff's office at (925) 313-2600 or the anonymous tip line at (866) 846-3592.

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