Man Charged in Pittsburg Road Rage Shooting That Wounded 12-Year-Old

On Thursday. the Pittsburg Police Division introduced that Dwayne Brown, 29 of Sacramento was charged in a capturing that wounded a 12-year-old woman.

The case was offered to the Contra Costa County District Legal professional’s Workplace this week and bail was set at $2.7 million. Brown stays in custody.

• PC 246 – Capturing into an Occupied Dwelling/Automobile

• PC 26100(c) – Capturing from a Automobile

• PC 245(b) – Assault with Lethal Weapon – Semi-Computerized Firearm

• PC 273a(a) – Little one Endangerment

• PC 25850(a) – Possession of a Loaded Firearm – Public Place

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On Friday, September 2nd, at 1:54 pm, Officers responded to the realm of Harbor Road and Atlantic Avenue for the report of a 12-year-old woman who was shot whereas seated inside a automobile within the Metropolis of Pittsburg.

She had a single non-life threatening gunshot wound to her proper decrease leg. Officers supplied instant medical help, and paramedics transported her to the hospital, the place she was in steady situation.

The preliminary investigation revealed the woman’s mom was driving together with her three kids, ages 6, six months, and the 12-year-old sufferer. Data suggests there was a road-rage incident with one other motorist whereas they had been driving on Buchanan Street at Harbor Road. A person pulled alongside the sufferer’s automotive, pulled out a handgun, and fired a single spherical which struck the 12-year-old woman within the leg.

The mom fled to a close-by buying heart, the place she known as for assist.

Officers interviewed a number of witnesses to the incident and are utilizing our city-wide digicam system to generate leads, shifting us nearer to figuring out a accountable suspect.

This investigation continues to be in its preliminary levels, and we’d ask anybody with info to please contact the Pittsburg Police Division at (925)646-2441.

UPDATE:  SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY*

This afternoon, Pittsburg Police Detectives had been known as to research the street rage capturing that left a 12-year-old woman affected by a non-life threatening gunshot wound whereas seated as a passenger in her mom’s automotive.

The suspect within the capturing, who was driving a separate automotive, was recognized as Dwayne Brown III, a 29-year-old man from Sacramento.  Brown was safely taken into custody with the help of the Modesto Police Division, on account of investigative leads that led police there.

Primarily based on info discovered from the investigation, this does look like an remoted incident, with the one suspect now in custody. That is nonetheless an energetic investigation, and we ask anybody with info relative to this incident to please contact the Pittsburg Police Division at 925-646-2441.