Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe is calling on county and state services to help the city address an “unprecedented level of gun violence ” after several shootings took place this month near a local corridor.
Sycamore Drive is a mile-long corridor located north of Hwy. 4 in Antioch. The areas near the drive, including Mahogany Way, Peppertree Way and L Street, have been plagued with nearly a dozen shooting sprees, which began with the killing of 21-year-old Elijah Scales on Sept. 3 near Sycamore.
An 18-year-old is in critical condition after being shot on Sept. 20 in the area of Cavallo Road and Sunset Drive, which is two miles east of Sycamore. Antioch police believe the shootings are related, as eight happened in a five-day span in the same area…