Argument between roommates leads to fatal shooting in Antioch; city's second of the day

An argument between roommates turned deadly in Antioch on Monday morning when one of the roommates shot the other, police said.

Officers responded around 8:30 a.m. to a report of a shooting at a home in the 1900 block of Iron Peak Court and found a 43-year-old man who was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released, according to police.

The other roommate, also a 43-year-old man, is being interviewed by police as of late Monday morning, police said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Antioch police non-emergency line at (925) 778-2441 or Detective Smith at (925) 779-6876.

The fatal shooting was the second Monday morning in Antioch. The first was reported at 1:33 a.m. at the Twin Creeks apartment complex at 1111 James Donlon Blvd. and left a 36-year-old dead and a 23-year-old man injured.

No arrest has been made in the earlier case, according to police.

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