Crime & Safety
Pinole: Fairfield Man Arrested In Connection With Tuesday Homicide
Police arrested a 42-year-old Fairfield man Tuesday night in connection with a fatal shooting in Pinole that morning
Police arrested a 42-year-old Fairfield man Tuesday night in connection with a fatal shooting in Pinole that morning, police said today.
Police received a call shortly after 7 a.m. reporting gunshots in
the area of Buena Vista Drive, police said.
Two minutes later, police received a second call reporting a
gunshot victim in front of a home on Fern Avenue, down the street from Buena Vista Drive, police said.
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Officers responded to both locations and found the victim,
identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office as 42-year-old San Pablo resident Jeffrey McCoy, on Fern Avenue.
Paramedics attempted to save McCoy, but he died at the scene,
police said.
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Investigators were able to identify Brian Fitch as a suspect, and
at about 10 p.m., Pinole and Fairfield police arrested Fitch in Fairfield,
police said.
He was booked into county jail in Martinez, where he is being held
on $1 million bail, a county jail official said.
-- Bay City News Services
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