By Sergeant Tom Fuhrmann, Antioch Police Investigations Bureau

This morning, (11/8/14) at approximately 2:25 AM, Antioch Police Officers responded to a request for a welfare check of a male possibly sleeping on the sidewalk on the corner of Grassland Way and Whitehoof Way. The officers arrived to find the adult male victim unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound. The 36-year-old victim was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical responders.

This case is being investigated as a shooting homicide by the Antioch Police Department Investigations Bureau. We are in the preliminary stages of the investigation and no further information will be released at this time.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Det. Meads with the Antioch Police Department at (925) 779-6884. You may also text a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using key word ANTIOCH.

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