Police in Antioch have arrested a man suspected in a weekend shooting that injured two people, as the eastern Contra Costa County community grapples with a wave of violence.
Around 9:20 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to the Rite Aid pharmacy at 1709 “A” Street. When police arrived, they found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds in the parking lot.
Officers provided first aid to the victims until Contra Costa County Fire Protection District paramedics arrived.
The woman was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, while the man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Police said Thursday that both victims are expected to survive.
Investigators have learned that the suspect and male victim were involved in a physical altercation several weeks before the shooting.
On Thursday, police arrested the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Bobby Joe Grigsby. He was booked into the Contra Costa County Jail.
The arrest comes as the community deals with a wave of gun violence that began on Labor Day with the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Elijah Scales. At least 15 shootings have been reported in Antioch so far this month.
Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe promised to end the violence during a press conference on Wednesday.
“Let me speak very clearly to the people who are destroying our community,” the mayor said. ‘We’re going to find you. We’re going to hold you accountable. And you will pay the price for what you did.”
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Ibanez with the Antioch Police Department via email or by calling 925-779-6890.
