OAKLEY – One man is in custody and one other is receiving life-saving care within the wake of what police are calling a focused taking pictures early Wednesday morning in Oakley.
The taking pictures occurred round 3:15 a.m. within the 4800 block of Trenton Road, close to the intersection of Oakley Highway and Empire Avenue, in line with the Oakley Police Division. Officers arrived to discover a man affected by a number of gunshot wounds.
Medical personnel took the person to an space trauma middle, the place he’s “undergoing life-saving treatment,” police mentioned.
Round 3:20 a.m., a Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Workplace deputy noticed the suspect automobile, a darkish blue 2021 Ford F-150, in Knightsen. Police mentioned the motive force initially stopped for deputies close to Byron Freeway and Orwood Highway however then sped off.
Deputies pursued the motive force alongside Balfour Highway by way of Brentwood. When he turned onto Deer Valley Highway, Antioch law enforcement officials used spike strips to cease the pickup.
The motive force, recognized as 25-year-old Hayward resident Tanginoa Tangi, was arrested and anticipated to be booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on costs together with tried homicide, taking pictures into an occupied automobile and felony evading.
Police mentioned the taking pictures was a “targeted attack.”
“The victim in this case had just returned home and he was getting out of his vehicle when Tangi shot him several times,” Oakley police Chief Paul Beard mentioned in a press release.
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