January death of man in Antioch ruled a homicide, police say

ANTIOCH – The death of a man killed in January in Antioch was ruled a homicide in a recent coroner’s report, according to police.

The Contra Costa County Coroner found that the 39-year-old man’s death was a homicide in the report, which was sent to police in July, Antioch police said in a news release Monday.

The man was struck at least once and knocked unconscious around 9:45 p.m. January 7, causing him to fall to the ground, police said. He was found by officers who were responding to reports of an assault in the area of the 1900 block of D Street, according to police.

Authorities, including a crew from the Contra Costa County Fire Department, aided the man, but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.

No suspect information was released.

The death becomes the first homicide of the year in Antioch, chronologically; it took place before a January 10 shooting death. The city has had nine homicides this year, the most recent a July 11 shooting.

Antioch police ask anyone with information on this case to contact Detective Becerra at abecerra@antiochca.gov.