OBIT: Bennett Witness Murdered - Robert Frazier
CONCORD — A Concord man shot to death in front of a bar early Saturday has been identified as 42-year-old Robert Frazier, authorities said Monday.
From the blogger: There are three dead bouncers each known to me, one was an assailant, one was nice guy, another was nice that was friendly with Sara Hoda killed in The GhostShip Fire.
Frazier became the city’s second homicide victim of 2017 when he was hit by gunfire in front of Nica Lounge at 1907 Salvio Street just before 2 a.m. Saturday, police said. Police arrested a man suspected in the shooting after he was involved in a solo car crash later Saturday.
Lt. James Nakayama, the head of investigations for the Concord Police Department, said details of the investigation have kept police from identifying the suspect, a 27-year-old man who was still in a hospital Monday receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries.
The hunt for the shooter also led to police fatally shooting a pit bull while they searched an Oakley address for the suspect. According to police, a pit bull broke loose from his collar and charged officers and the police dog named Hancock. The pit bull bit Hancock in the leg and clamped down on his neck, causing the officer to shoot, police said.
“It’s unfortunate that that happened,” Nakayama said. “We have to protect our police K9s and officers, as well.”
Police ordered a shelter-in-place during that Oakley neighborhood search in the 1900 block of Teresa Lane. Police used a SWAT team to help them in the search.
A fundraising account set up to help Frazier’s family raised $3,855 by 2 p.m., with one poster saying that Frazier “enriched my life with friendship and love.”
Staff writer George Kelly contributed to this report. Contact Rick Hurd at 925-945-4789.
Sierra Drive Attempted Murder
Walnut Creek CA
Only a small select narrow and dubious group of people understand how complex events are near Pete Bennett. On or about October 31st, 2014, after a night of performing music in downtown Walnut Creek buskin to replace the cash stolen from me by Walnut Creek,
Only a small select narrow and dubious group of people understand how complex events are near Pete Bennett. On or about October 31st, 2014, after a night of performing music in downtown Walnut Creek buskin to replace the cash stolen from me by Walnut Creek,
OBIT: Elizabeth Torres, 81
Pete BennettJuly 02, 2017Dead Witness, Dead Bankers, Gas Pipeline Explosions, Investigations, Murder Stories, NTSB, NTSB Tracker, Terrorism
The Torres Family Tragedies or Murders
Perfectly Framed
The large Torres family is suffering the loss of a family matriarch, as relatives pray that three other family members will recover rapidly from burnsresulting from the blast. Elizabeth Torres, 81, who lived with her daughter Cindy and son-in-law Allen Braun in a Claremont Drive home in San Bruno, died
despite Braun's attempt to rescue her by carrying her to the front porch, said one of Torres' nine children, David Wharton, 57, of Fair Oaks. "He saved my
mom," Wharton said. "But a second blast" killed her. Braun is now in the hospital with 40 percent of his body burned, Wharton said. Braun's wife, Cindy,
45, and her sister Sandy Arnold, 58, are both in induced comas at St. Francis hospital. Arnold, who lives in Petaluma and works as an office clerk, has
burns on 70 percent of her body. Cindy Braun, who used to be an office manager for Forbes magazine, has burns covering half her body, Wharton said. "This
is monumental for us," he said. "The only reason I can talk is because I haven't accepted it yet." He said his mother worked as a nurse's aide for UC San
Francisco for 27 years. In her later years, she got around in a wheelchair, even when she visited casinos, a favorite pastime. Torres was married twice and
had nine children: Everett, Virginia, Sandy, David, Linda, Michael, Sharon, Gregory and Cindy.
Gun that killed Pittsburg officer also used in fatal Modesto shootout
Pete BennettJuly 02, 2017CCSO, City of Pittsburg, Contra Costa District Attorney, Last Watch, Lt. Dan Terry, Ray Giacomelli
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Police Inspector Ray Giacomelli
The gun that killed Pittsburg police inspector
12:17 a.m., June 11, 2003
PITTSBURG – The gun that killed Pittsburg police inspector Ray Giacomelli in
April is the same weapon his suspected killer fired in a fatal shoot-out with police, according to ballistics tests.
Contra Costa Sheriff's Lt. Dan Terry said Tuesday the .40-caliber Glock handgun
that killed Giacomelli was the same weapon used by Earl Foster Jr. during the firefight with police in Modesto.
Foster fled there after Giacomelli's slaying in Pittsburg on April 15.
Investigators found Foster at a strip mall pay phone in the Central Valley city two days later.
A shootout ensued after Foster began firing at police, Terry said.
Foster died of multiple gunshot wounds; he was hit 22 times, according to an
autopsy released Tuesday by the Stanislaus County coroner.
Law enforcement officials throughout northern California had launched a massive
manhunt to locate Foster.
The 46-year-old Giacomelli was killed while investigating the homicide of Eric
Louis Huffman, the brother of Foster's girlfriend who was found slain April 7.
Both Giacomelli and Huffman were shot in the face. Police have said Foster is
the only suspect in Huffman's slaying. |
Gun that killed Pittsburg officer also used in fatal Modesto shootout
Pete BennettJuly 02, 2017City of Pittsburg, Contra Costa County Sheriff, Fatal Shootings, Forensic Medical Group, Murder, Police, Stanislaus County
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Gun that killed Pittsburg officer also used in fatal Modesto shootout |
ASSOCIATED PRESS
12:17 a.m., June 11, 2003
PITTSBURG – The gun that killed Pittsburg police inspector Ray Giacomelli in April is the same weapon his suspected killer fired in a fatal shoot-out with police, according to ballistics tests.
Contra Costa Sheriff's Lt. Dan Terry said Tuesday the .40-caliber Glock handgun that killed Giacomelli was the same weapon used by Earl Foster Jr. during the firefight with police in Modesto.
Foster fled there after Giacomelli's slaying in Pittsburg on April 15. Investigators found Foster at a strip mall pay phone in the Central Valley city two days later.
A shootout ensued after Foster began firing at police, Terry said.
Foster died of multiple gunshot wounds; he was hit 22 times, according to an autopsy released Tuesday by the Stanislaus County coroner.
Law enforcement officials throughout northern California had launched a massive manhunt to locate Foster.
The 46-year-old Giacomelli was killed while investigating the homicide of Eric Louis Huffman, the brother of Foster's girlfriend who was found slain April 7.
Both Giacomelli and Huffman were shot in the face. Police have said Foster is the only suspect in Huffman's slaying.
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