Brentwood police investigate double homicide

Bay City News
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Brentwood police investigate double homicide
Police are investigating a double homicide that occurred on Birch Street in Brentwood late Wednesday night.

BRENTWOOD, Calif. -- Police arrested a suspect in connection to a double homicide that occurred on Birch Street in Brentwood late Wednesday night.

According to police, at 11:14 p.m. officers responded to the 200 block of Birch Street to investigate a shooting.

At the scene, officers located two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No one else was injured in the shooting.

Police are in the early stages of the investigation and have not yet determined a motive for the shooting, however at this point they do not believe it was a random act, police said.

According to police, the shooter resides at the location where the crime occurred and was unharmed.

The scene has been secured and there is no threat to public safety, police said.

Further details were not immediately available. Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call Brentwood police Detective Eric Huesman at (925) 809-7735.

ABC7 News contributed to this story.