A teenage girl died and a boy was hurt after a double shooting in Antioch. Police responded Tuesday night to a call of shots fired in a neighborhood south of Highway 4. When they arrived, they didn’t find any victims but shortly after, two 17-year-old teenagers somehow managed to get themselves to an emergency room.
A 17-year-old girl was killed and a 17-year-old boy was injured following a shooting in Antioch on Tuesday evening, according to police.
Several gunshots were reported near the intersection of Morro and La Jolla drives at about 7:10 p.m., police said.
Around the same time officers arrived in the area of the reported shooting, the two teenage victims arrived at a hospital suffering from at least one gunshot wound each, according to police. The girl died in the emergency room and the boy suffered from a gunshot wound not considered life-threatening.
Police said the suspect, only described as a man, wasn't in custody.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at (925) 778-2441 or Detective Adrian Gonzalez at (925) 779-6923. Tipsters can also text-a-tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword ANTIOCH.
